Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 22, 2019
A legal dispute over who owns intellectual property is the source of a 2.5-year delay to the fifth-generation fighter’s full-rate production decision.
Nov 21, 2019
European researchers have for the first time flown an aircraft with a wing that is aeroelastically tailored for passive load alleviation.
Nov 21, 2019
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) plans to deliver by June 2020 a batch of eight aircraft from the T-50 military jet family that Thailand ordered two years ago.
Nov 21, 2019
Russia provides MiG-29s to Mongolia; U.S. greenlights Morocco Apache buy; GAO rules on U.S. Air Force launch contest; and the outlook for the Iranian Air Force.
Nov 20, 2019
Connectivity, AI and new weaponry are part of the Rafale’s development roadmap.
Jan 07, 2025
The latest totals mean that historical F-35 deliveries now exceed 1,100 production aircraft over a 15-year span.
Jan 07, 2025
Although CEO Eric Trappier had expected 35 Falcon deliveries in 2024, the actual figure stands higher than 2023’s total of 26.
Jan 07, 2025
Jorge Tamarit Degenhardt succeeds Giancarlo Mezzanatto after his three-year rotational stint from Leonardo.
Jan 07, 2025
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22s will get cockpit voice recorders installed under an upcoming contract, 24 years after they were mandated by Congress.
Jan 07, 2025
Leonardo Helicopters has lifted the veil on the design of the Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft demonstrator, due to fly this summer.
Jan 06, 2025
The quiet Dec. 23 announcement that the Kaveri jet engine is now cleared to reenter flight test after a 15-year-long hiatus could be easily missed.
Jan 06, 2025
Defense engineering and support company Babcock has acquired 11 Aero Vodochody L-39 jet trainers as part of an effort to grow European training capacity.
Jan 06, 2025
Marshall Aerospace says it has secured a two-year contract extension to support Lockheed Martin C-130Js in the Danish and Norwegian air forces.