Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 25, 2025
Electric seagliders could enable distributed, stealthy operations across the Indo-Pacific theater.
Jul 25, 2025
Work is progressing on the UK’s big delta-wing fighter demonstrator, designed to derisk development of the trinational Global Combat Air Program.
Jul 25, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jul 23, 2025
Defense officials in the U.S., UK and Europe are grappling with what comes next for airborne early warning systems.
Jul 22, 2025
As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.
Jun 04, 2026
DARPA is exploring options for installing tactical high-energy laser systems on Collaborative Combat Aircraft and ground vehicles for self-defense.
Jun 04, 2026
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first phase of flight testing a major upgrade to the KC-46’s remote vision system.
Jun 04, 2026
Final assembly of Airbus’ Super Puma in Romania looks set to be revived.
Jun 03, 2026
Taiwan Validates GPS-Denied Drone Navigation System
Jun 03, 2026
The Finnish Air Force is set to finalize a decision on a replacement for its long-serving multimission Gates Learjets this month.
Jun 03, 2026
The Bashi pilot vehicle interface is at the heart of the U.S. Air Force’s goal to introduce collaborative combat aircraft in operational service by the end of the decade.
Jun 03, 2026
A German developer of a military rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system has completed two first flights in just three days.
Jun 03, 2026
Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.