Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 06, 2022
The Air Force’s highest-end fighter faces early retirement; leaders say replacement needed to counter China
Jan 05, 2022
2Excel’s growth has been partly fueled by the transition to the commercial sector of flight testing of defense equipment.
Jan 04, 2022
The NH90 joint venture is racing to improve platform availability as Australia mulls Black Hawk plans.
Jan 03, 2022
Heart’s subscale flyer; high-speed VTOLs; Toray’s hydrogen tank; electric suppliers; hydrogen drones.
Jan 03, 2022
The Navy’s Blue Angels, Air Force Thunderbirds, F-35s and others please the crowds at U.S. air shows.
Nov 29, 2023
Embraer and Saudi Arabian Military Industries are exploring a potential final assembly line in Saudi Arabia for the C-390 airlifter.
Nov 29, 2023
German lawmakers have approved spending for the development of a suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses SEAD/DEAD-capable version of the Eurofighter.
Nov 29, 2023
Taiwan’s retirement of the F-5 leaves Thailand and South Korea as the remaining operators of the fighter in the Asia-Pacific region.
Nov 29, 2023
A U.S Air Force Bell/Boeing CV-22 Osprey has crashed into the waters off southwestern Japan, killing at least one of the eight on board.
Nov 29, 2023
The first flight of Sirtap—which Airbus says will have an endurance of 20 hr. and be certified to fly in segregated airspace—is planned for 2025.
Nov 28, 2023
A preliminary design review for the F-35 Engine Core Upgrade is scheduled by the end of January, paving the way to start the next phase of development.
Nov 28, 2023
Slovenia is to purchase six Leonardo AW139M twin-engine medium helicopters from Italy as part of a modernization of Slovenia’s military.
Nov 28, 2023
Three F-16s of the 32 purchased by Romania left the Rygge airbase near Oslo on Nov. 28 following upgrade and maintenance to prepare them for Romanian service.