Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 01, 2016
The Bell 412 will be built and assembled on both sides of the Pacific. FHI’s manufacturing setup will be a second production line, says Bell.
Nov 30, 2016
Operators are seeing wrinkles in the low-observable coating that could eventually peel off and compromise the fighter’s stealth.
Nov 28, 2016
Possible changes to the NH90 helicopter include more payload, enhanced electro-optical system and teaming with unmanned aircraft.
Nov 24, 2016
Just off the coast of San Diego on the USS America, the JSF is fundamentally changing the way the U.S. Marine Corps operates from amphibious assault ships.
Nov 22, 2016
As President-elect Trump takes office in January and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's tenure ends, what will become of the Strategic Capabilities Office? Aviation Week shows some of the projects revealed by Carter since the organization was publicly acknowledged.
Aug 05, 2024
The U.S. State Department gave the green light for Bratislava’s potential acquisition of 12 AH-1Zs on July 31.
Aug 05, 2024
Warsaw plans to acquire 96 of the aircraft.
Aug 05, 2024
The UK Royal Household has placed an order for two new helicopters from Italy’s Leonardo to replace the pair of Sikorsky S-76C++ it has in service.
Aug 04, 2024
Several aircraft from a batch delivered at the end of July were on display at an event and in online imagery marking Ukraine’s Air Force Day on Aug. 4.
Aug 02, 2024
The signing of the Milestone B acquisition decision memorandum earlier this week comes 20 months after Bell won a four-year-long competition.
Aug 02, 2024
Chen Chuanren, Aviation Week's Asia Pacific correspondent, covered Exercise Pitch Black in Darwin.
Aug 02, 2024
The Indonesian Air Force is set to buy a fleet of Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aerial systems to bolster its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
Aug 02, 2024
The Royal Jordanian Air Force spent the latter half of the 2010s working to divest itself of aircraft programs in an effort to slow an oncoming budgetary crisis in the country. But notwithstanding constrained funding, the need for a strong regional bloc to counterbalance growing instability in the region remains strong.