Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 15, 2026
Scaled Composites built the flying-wing UAS under a DARPA project to demonstrate hybrid propulsion.
May 15, 2026
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 15, 2026
Broadening the scope of potential NGAP applications beyond the F-47 may boost the chances of a final breakthrough for variable-cycle engines after four decades.
May 13, 2026
More B-21s, longer service lives for B-2s and B-1s, and a possible new bomber type are now in the mix for the U.S. Air Force’s long-range strike fleet.
May 13, 2026
New service component operational concepts such as Agile Combat Employment (ACE), Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARP), and the deployment and sustainment of multi-domain task forces have increased the demands for airlift support.
May 15, 2026
A major electronic warfare (EW) upgrade for the Royal Saudi Air Force fleet of Boeing F-15SA fighters has entered the early stages of the acquisition process within the U.S. Foreign Military Sales system.
May 15, 2026
One theme united the first-quarter analyst calls by the publicly traded electric air taxi startups: the defense market.
May 15, 2026
Dyzne Technologies has unveiled a new expendable drone, the Blitz, and a shipping container-based launch system to deploy “high-volume” swarms of UAVs.
May 14, 2026
Australia Selects PteroDynamics P4 For Naval Logistics
May 14, 2026
Corrosion and spare parts shortages reduce UK F-35 mission rates as officials address engineering gaps and delayed infrastructure plans.
May 14, 2026
Rafael is proposing to equip UAVs with some of the self-protection equipment more typically associated with combat aircraft.
May 14, 2026
Elbit wins $34M contract to develop external fuel tanks for Israeli F-35s, boosting range and flexibility for long-range missions.
May 13, 2026
A recovery plan for the Boeing KC-46 pushes the arrival of the Remote Vision System (RVS) 2.0 upgrade by more than a year.