Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 19, 2020
Ahead of the launch of his new book Harrier 809, aviation author and historian Rowland White joins Aviation Week’s London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne to discuss the story of Britain’s legendary jump jet and its role in the Falklands War.
Mar 19, 2020
Original estimates for costs, schedules and quantities of the Lockheed Martin F-35 upon contract award in October 2001 proved highly unreliable over…
Mar 19, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps has opted to pursue an unmanned family-of-systems instead of having one large expensive air vehicle.
Mar 18, 2020
Eighteen months after Boeing/Saab team won the T-X contract, the T-50 and M-346 continue to compete for USAF deals.
Mar 16, 2020
Safran powers VoltAero; scaling quantum computers; automating dogfighting; eVTOL in Norway; safer batteries; drone delivery bases.
Jun 17, 2025
Portugal is accepting its sixth KC-390, with an option for 10 additional aircraft. According to Embraer, the some of the new options may be used in future acquisitions by other NATO members.
Jun 16, 2025
MBDA has lifted the lid on a low-cost, long-range, one-way attack drone concept used to saturate an adversary’s air defenses.
Jun 16, 2025
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are in the midst of a series of upgrades to the MQ-4 Triton uncrewed aircraft fleet.
Jun 16, 2025
Russia has conducted large-scale trials of new laser systems against UAVs, the country’s government reported June 13.
Jun 16, 2025
Baykar’s Akinci uncrewed air system will be assembled in Italy by Piaggio as part of the Turkish company’s new joint venture with Leonardo.
Jun 16, 2025
With the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail facing a cancellation threat in the U.S., the AEW&C aircraft has demonstrated a new ability to control multiple uncrewed aircraft systems in flight.
Jun 16, 2025
Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.
Jun 16, 2025
Portugal has exercised an option for a sixth Embraer KC-390 and taken options for 10 more.