Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jul 11, 2025
Turkey’s ASFAT is trying to turn domestic military factories into export powerhouses for aerospace maintenance and parts.
Jul 08, 2025
Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.
Jul 07, 2025
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has formally operationalized the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as of July 3.
Jun 27, 2025
Israel’s 12-day operation against Iran provided a master class in gaining control of an adversary’s airspace and, with U.S. help, what can be done afterwards.
Jun 27, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
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
U.S. Air Force Futures has approved a requirements document for an aircraft that will replace the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-9A Reaper.
May 12, 2026
AIRO unveils Jaunt UAS with five-fold range increase, adds ISR variant for military and civil uses and targets delivery by 2027.
May 12, 2026
British defense startup Rotron Aerospace says it successfully launched and flown its SkyLance one-way effector.
May 12, 2026
South Korea considers delaying KF-21 Block 2 production to 2035 as rising costs, inflation and supply chain issues impact the program.
May 12, 2026
GE Aerospace has taken another step toward building the first XA102 adaptive-cycle engine under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program.
May 11, 2026
MQ-9 Reapers fired BAE Systems precision-guided rockets during a recent demonstration by General Atomics Aeronautics Systems Inc. and the U.S. Air Force.
May 11, 2026
Canadian training and simulation giant CAE confirmed May 11 it is interested in selling or divesting its aviation software business Flightscape.