Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 08, 2020
The Air Force looks to Agility Prime and eVTOLs as a potential model for engaging with commercial technology innovators.
May 07, 2020
On the heels of Germany’s proposal to purchase both Eurofighter Typhoons and Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets, Aviation Week editors discuss ongoing fighter competitions around the world on Check 6, highlighting one of the most dynamic markets in aerospace.
May 06, 2020
Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.
May 05, 2020
MQ-25 clears system design review; U.S. approves FMS to Philippines; Northrop, Raytheon’s NGI team; defense industrial base reopenings.
May 04, 2020
Agility Prime kicks off; glimpse inside Joby; high-altitude hopes; expanding additive manufacturing; democratizing fly-by-wire.
Jun 25, 2025
South Korea has completed a series of flight separation tests for its homegrown long-range air-to-ground missile, the Korea Air-Launched Cruise Missile (KALCM).
Jun 25, 2025
Boeing says it has deployed its MQ-28 collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) for the first time to an operational location, RAAF Tindal AB, where F-35As are based.
Jun 25, 2025
Several key aircraft fleets of the Royal Saudi Air Force are expected to reach the end of their operational service life during this decade, increasing the urgency to identify successor platforms.
Jun 24, 2025
The leader of Colombia strongly rejected a nearly month-old report that he has received a recent offer from China to buy J-10CE fighters.
Jun 24, 2025
NATO’s aerial refueling fleet is set to be boosted with two more Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports after Denmark formally signed up to the initiative.
Jun 22, 2025
The U.S. used almost all operational Northrop Grumman B-2 bombers and more than half of its GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in striking Iran.
Jun 20, 2025
Protesters broke into the UK Royal Air Force’s main air transport base and sprayed red paint on two of the service’s Airbus A330 Voyager tankers.
Jun 20, 2025
The industrial joint venture company that will build the tri-national combat aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program has been christened Edgewing.