Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Oct 12, 2021
The Pentagon should couple a blended-wing body with advanced engines to create a new standard for transport aircraft.
Oct 11, 2021
From a hand-grabbed rubber hose to the use of stealth systems, a guide to the technologies that enable aircraft to set endurance records.
Oct 08, 2021
Pratt & Whitney expects a multiyear recovery from a growing engine availability crisis that has grounded dozens of F-35As.
Oct 07, 2021
What can Kabul teach the military about evacuation missions?
Oct 05, 2021
The laws of physics are the same everywhere, but the requests of aircraft users, as well as the competences and traditions of aircraft manufacturers,…
Sep 16, 2025
Portuguese uncrewed air system developer Tekever is to build its air vehicles in Swindon, England, as part of its $545 million Overmatch investment strategy.
Sep 16, 2025
A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future.
Sep 15, 2025
Taiwanese flight academy Apex Aviation is teaming up with Teledyne and Italy’s Tecnam on a customized maritime reconnaissance aircraft for Taiwan.
Sep 15, 2025
The U.S. Air Force has begun conversion of the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 to become a new presidential airlift aircraft.
Sep 15, 2025
UK engineers have been exploring the use of the Link 16 datalink as an initial means of commanding autonomous collaborative platforms.
Sep 15, 2025
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.
Sep 15, 2025
BAE Systems is hoping to accelerate the integration of the European Common Radar System Mk. 2 into the UK’s Eurofighter Typhoons.
Sep 15, 2025
Singapore is exploring additional airborne capabilities to complement its future fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidons, which are scheduled to enter service in the early 2030s.