Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 08, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 07, 2025
Laser-guided rockets help the U.S. Air Force down drones cheaply, though pilots say it is not as easy as it looks.
Aug 07, 2025
When it comes to buying fighters, Jakarta is once again shuffling the deck.
Aug 07, 2025
After losing NGAD to Boeing, Lockheed plans to develop the F-35 to fill the gap.
Aug 04, 2025
The South African government has launched a new border surveillance project which uses drones to detect criminal activities and coordinate security responses.
Jun 09, 2026
Swarm Aero has picked Honeywell Aerospace to provide the powerplant for its Group 5 UAS it is targeting for the U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 replacement.
Jun 09, 2026
Eight years after Airbus and Dassault shook hands at the ILA Berlin Air Show to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft, France and Germany have decided to go their separate ways.
Jun 09, 2026
Taiwan is accelerating plans to replace the Republic of China Air Force's Beechcraft T-34C basic trainer fleet following a fatal crash that renewed concerns over the aircraft's future.
Jun 09, 2026
Airbus has shared plans to have an in-house developed system called the U760 Ravenstorm ready for delivery by 2032.
Jun 09, 2026
With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.
Jun 09, 2026
Growing demand for high-end uncrewed aircraft is prompting MTU Aero Engines to explore at least a partial reset of its design philosophy in an effort to establish itself as a major propulsion provider for such systems.
Jun 09, 2026
The German Air Force is undergoing an intense period of modernization through the end of the decade that will do more than just revitalize its core air dominance role, says Luftwaffe Inspector Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann.
Jun 08, 2026
A Danish audit of the country’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has found that the country’s fleet of 27 aircraft could cost some 14 billion kronor more to operate than previously estimated.