Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Dec 08, 2020
NASA has a busy year ahead in space-science missions, from low-cost cubesats to the multibillion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope.
Dec 07, 2020
A return of scramjet and solid-fuel ramjet investment signals a shift in global hypersonic weapon priorities.
Dec 07, 2020
A look at some of the biggest milestones of 2020, a year that saw a substantial increase in activity around electric-aircraft propulsion.
Dec 07, 2020
2021 promises several milestones in the propulsion arena.
Dec 04, 2020
Winners include silhouettes of aircraft in early morning, firefighting aid missions and snorkeling while planespotting. The Photo Contest in a Surreal Year We knew this year would be a challenging one for the Aviation Week Photo Contest because so many events at which photographers shoot were canceled or postponed and travel was so restricted. In order to make the Photo Contest successful during the COVID-19 pandemic, we:      Accepted photos taken since 2000 so photographers could dig into their archives and offer great images that might not have been widely shared; Created a special category, The COVID-19 Challenge, for outstanding photojournalism that tells the story of the pandemic and its effect on the world’s airlines and aerospace industry.
Oct 14, 2023
A Near Earth Autonomy-Kaman team and Piasecki Aircraft have won contracts to demonstrate UAVs for the U.S. Army’s HVTOL program.
Oct 14, 2023
Additional L3Harris counter-uncrewed aircraft systems are expected to be in Ukraine by year’s end.
Oct 14, 2023
Turkish uncrewed aircraft systems developer Baykar has begun initial ground tests of its latest platform, the Bayraktar TB3.
Oct 13, 2023
German industry is urging the government in Berlin to urgently decide on future investments in the Eurofighter.
Oct 13, 2023
GE Aerospace has delivered the second T901 engine for installation in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft prototypes.
Oct 12, 2023
L3Harris is co-primed with BAE Systems on the EC-37B.
Oct 12, 2023
EirTrade’s founder, Ken Fitzgibbon, will remain CEO and retain “significant equity ownership” in the 13-year-old Irish company.
Oct 12, 2023
The F124 powered the Boeing X-45A uncrewed combat aircraft system demonstrator in the early 2000, and now will be offered for Collaborative Combat Aircraft.