Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 15, 2026
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 13, 2026
More B-21s, longer service lives for B-2s and B-1s, and a possible new bomber type are now in the mix for the U.S. Air Force’s long-range strike fleet.
May 13, 2026
New service component operational concepts such as Agile Combat Employment (ACE), Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARP), and the deployment and sustainment of multi-domain task forces have increased the demands for airlift support.
May 12, 2026
The Pentagon is reducing its reliance on clandestine contractor aircraft as military operations ramp up and new tech is deployed.
May 08, 2026
Turkey has joined the small club of countries that have demonstrated autonomous collaborative platform operations between crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
Jun 03, 2026
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
Jun 03, 2026
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Jun 03, 2026
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Jun 03, 2026
A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.
Jun 03, 2026
Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.
Jun 03, 2026
Sweden is exploring the potential acquisition of two-seat Gripen Fs the country’s defense minister has suggested.
Jun 03, 2026
The U.S. government has approved a possible foreign military sale to Vietnam covering sustainment support for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules.
Jun 02, 2026
Saab has rolled out the first of eight two-seat F-39F Gripen fighters ordered by the Brazilian air force at the company’s original final assembly line.