Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 07, 2015
Britain’s defense review put a few surprises under the tree for industries and operators.
Nov 23, 2015
A formal protest of the Pentagon’s Long-Range Strike Bomber award to Northrop Grumman has to be based on failure to follow rules, but the challengers’ public case goes far beyond that.
Nov 05, 2015
Northrop Grumman undercut its rivals’ price to win the bomber contract, and the Pentagon’s requirements could have given it the chance to do so.
Oct 22, 2015
Canada’s Liberals didn’t have to go on the record against the F-35. Nobody expected them to win an outright majority. Guess what just happened.
Oct 08, 2015
Are unmanned air vehicles worth their impact on the Air Force budget? We don’t really know.
May 23, 2024
Family members of the five Marines who died in an MV-22 crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bell Textron, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.
May 23, 2024
QinetiQ delivered strong cash recovery in the second half in a financial year impacted by a long continuing resolution in the U.S.
May 23, 2024
The death of Iran’s president in a helicopter crash has renewed the conversation around the efficacy of western-led sanctions campaign against Tehran, while underscoring the rickety state of Iranian airpower.
May 22, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has shown the Northrop Grumman B-21 in flight for the first time.
May 22, 2024
Saab is preparing to fly an uncrewed aircraft system demonstrator that could support efforts to develop a future combat aircraft.
May 22, 2024
Recent trials of UAV operations from a carrier validate that such systems can increasingly replace missions handled by crewed platforms, Adm. Ben Key says.
May 22, 2024
Poland is set to acquire four U.S.-supplied aerostats equipped with AEW radars with detection ranges of around 186 mi., the country’s defense ministry says.
May 22, 2024
Upcoming talks could set the stage for Belgium to step up from “observer” to “partner” status on the Franco-German-Spanish future combat air system project.