Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 22, 2021
Both manufacturers have promised local final assembly lines and to export from the UK if selected.
Sep 22, 2021
Tempest is advancing toward a delivery plan and adding industrial partners as funding flows from the UK and Italy.
Sep 21, 2021
If Airbus decides to bid its KC-30 MRTT for the “bridge tanker” competition, it would likely team with Lockheed Martin.
Sep 20, 2021
North and South Korea demonstrate their missile buildup in tit-for-tat testing.
Sep 17, 2021
With its exit from Afghanistan, the U.S. is beginning a new phase of drone warfare, conducting strikes there without forces on the ground. But is the current te
Nov 03, 2025
As the drama over the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System nears its climax, Airbus is sketching out what is to come.
Oct 31, 2025
The flight comes about two months after its competitor for CCA Increment 1, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., notched the first flight of its YFQ-42A.
Oct 31, 2025
The tests were conducted at a newly expanded test facility at Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories.
Oct 31, 2025
South African defence group Milkor has unveiled key design details of its latest unmanned aerial vehicle  – the Milkor 780.
Oct 31, 2025
In its report on the UK F-35 program—published Oct. 31—the lawmakers said the fleet “faces significant capability gaps.”
Oct 31, 2025
Morocco and the U.S. have signed a strategic agreement to modernize the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft.
Oct 31, 2025
In June, five French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale Bs from 4th Fighter Wing based at St. Dizier and an Airbus A330MRTT Phoenix from Istres deployed to Guelmim, Morocco, in late June to mid-July as part of Op Marathon 2025.
Oct 31, 2025
One of the most surprising sights at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo, at RAF Fairford in mid-July, was an Egyptian Air Force Antonov An-74T Coaler, one of three operational with the North African state.