Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 26, 2024
Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.
Jul 26, 2024
In addition to work on the Global Combat Air Program, a Boeing 757 flight-test aircraft, called Excalibur, is being adapted to trial new technology elements.
Jul 25, 2024
AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 featured U.S. military bombers, tankers, attack helicopters, utility helicopters, fighter jets and heavy cargo aircraft.
Jul 25, 2024
Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Jul 25, 2024
The Pentagon is still limiting payments to Lockheed Martin amid upgrade struggles.
Oct 07, 2025
Sikorsky is considering how to modify U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to fly VIP transport and continuity-of-government missions.
Oct 07, 2025
Faced with a persistent pilot shortage, the U.S. Air Force in 2022 set a demanding goal of training 1,500 pilots per year to chip away at the issue.
Oct 06, 2025
The Canadian government now is keeping options open for making a final decision on the fate of completing a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Oct 06, 2025
The UK wants to demonstrate operations of a turbine-powered, fixed-wing, short takeoff and landing autonomous collaborative platform from a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.
Oct 06, 2025
Sweden has formally placed its order for the Embraer C-390, becoming the sixth European nation to commit to the airlifter.
Oct 06, 2025
As flight testing progresses to larger sizes, Sikorsky has renamed its Rotor Blown Wing family of vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft the Nomad.
Oct 03, 2025
Sikorsky expects the award for the 11th, and likely final, UH-60 Black Hawk order from the U.S. Army in late 2026 as the service reviews aviation plans.
Oct 03, 2025
India’s air force chief has expressed optimism that domestic industry will be able to deliver a new-generation indigenous combat aircraft in the 2030s.