Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Oct 12, 2022
Without schedule pressure to develop the Long March 9, China pursues resusable designs.
Oct 11, 2022
Services firms exposed to interest rate hikes; C-130 propeller woes; hypersonic test bed ordered; and Hungarian C-390s in production.
Oct 10, 2022
ZeroAvia’s fuel-cell bet; 5G for UAM; Swiss eVTOL partnership; DARPA’s wireless energy network; and Electra wants to demo AAM.
Oct 07, 2022
Why incorporating virtual reality in helicopter pilot training can make it safer.
Oct 07, 2022
Lilium’s new CEO Klaus Roewe is confident the eVTOL manufacturer can freeze the production design next year and fly the Pegasus in 2024.
Feb 27, 2024
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is gearing up to begin a $7.2 billion upgrade program for the Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter fleet.
Feb 27, 2024
The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.
Feb 27, 2024
Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.
Feb 27, 2024
President Erdogan says he has discussed the next steps on finalizing Turkey's procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-16s with U.S. lawmakers.
Feb 26, 2024
South Korea has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June.
Feb 26, 2024
A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.
Feb 25, 2024
Stratolaunch conducted a second captive carry of the company’s Talon TA-1 hypersonic test vehicle on Feb. 24.
Feb 23, 2024
A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement.