Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jan 28, 2016
The Pentagon’s weapons-test watchdog and the F-35 program leaders are at loggerheads. Don’t expect it to change any time soon.
Jan 14, 2016
Secrecy, nuclear weapons and (of course) the JSF will be talking points in the coming year.
Dec 17, 2015
Fighter operators and Pentagon acquisition troops are talking past each other. That can’t end well.
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.
Jul 22, 2024
GE Aerospace and Kratos have announced the joint development of a new scalable engine aimed at missiles, uncrewed aircraft systems and even potential CCA use.
Jul 22, 2024
The UK is investigating the possibility of operating its new fleet of General Atomics Protector UAS from the country’s two aircraft carriers.
Jul 22, 2024
Airbus Helicopters has selected a hybrid-electric propulsion system to be developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and Collins Aerospace for its H145-based PioneerLab technology demonstrator.
Jul 22, 2024
The Swedish Air Force has begun a study into the possibility of launching a satellite from its Saab Gripen fighter aircraft.
Jul 21, 2024
Airbus Defense and Space's Michael Schoellhorn said there may be opportunities for collaboration between the two big future combat aircraft programs being pursued in Europe.
Jul 21, 2024
Industrial partners in the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) are set to display a new model of the latest proposed configuration of the crewed combat aircraft.
Jul 21, 2024
Boeing Defense and Space President Ted Colbert says it is investing in ways to improve the overall next-generating Air Force One program.
Jul 21, 2024
Boeing Defense and Space is trying to change its bidding approach by being more transparent and more strict about the programs it chases.