Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 21, 2020
A 2017 call to embrace a new, digital-based tack to design and production is guiding Boeing’s path to future defense and space contracts.
Jul 21, 2020
The past 12 months have witnessed significant firsts in military aviation and spaceflight.
Jul 20, 2020
Leaps in computing power, sensors and weapons will benefit the F-35 in the next eight years—if Lockheed can keep modernization on track.
Jul 17, 2020
Mainplane skins, flaperons, tail surfaces and rear fuselage are made of carbon fiber. Rollout is due in April 2021.
Jul 17, 2020
Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.
Jul 11, 2025
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Jul 11, 2025
Pratt & Whitney has released imagery of its digitally designed XA103 next-generation adaptive combat engine and says initial parts production is underway.
Jul 11, 2025
Japan’s Marubeni is to resume demonstration flights with Lift Aircraft’s electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) Hexa at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
Jul 11, 2025
Chinese automaker GAC conducted the first flight of its Govy AirJet winged electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing AirJet on July 3.
Jul 11, 2025
An audit of the UK’s F-35 program shows it continues to suffer from delays in deliveries, capability enhancements and reliability shortfalls.
Jul 10, 2025
In the July 10 memo, released then redacted, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlines a goal of making the U.S. the world’s leader in drone operations.
Jul 10, 2025
U.S. Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, said he will continue blocking indefinitely the transfer of Lockheed Martin F-35s purchased by Turkey during a July 9 hearing.
Jul 10, 2025
Despite DARPA’s recent decision to cancel its Liberty Lifter program, amphibious fixed-wing military aircraft seem to be—to one extent or another—here to stay.