Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 25, 2023
Electric aircraft fire; Tiltrotor eVTOL prototypes; Autonomous deck landing; Weather-forecasting drone.
May 24, 2023
A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.
May 24, 2023
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract for a fighter aircraft to replace the F-22 Raptor in 2024.
May 23, 2023
Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.
May 19, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 04, 2024
NH90 manufacturer NHIndustries is urging the Swedish government not to retire the country’s fleet of the helicopters early and replace them with UH-60s.
Jun 03, 2024
The life expectancy of a future Collaborative Combat Aircraft is not a trivial question.
Jun 03, 2024
A Japanese consortium has committed to invest $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude, pseudo-satellite UAS.
May 31, 2024
Boeing on May 31 resumed delivering KC-46 tankers to the U.S. Air Force following an almost three-month pause.
May 31, 2024
The Netherlands has declared its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet ready to take on the dual-capable aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission from the F-16.
May 30, 2024
Laflamme Aero has started responding to commercial requests for the tandem-rotor LX300 uncrewed helicopter, a company official says.
May 30, 2024
Lloyd’s Register will also advise Regent on the maritime certification process of the 12-passenger Viceroy with the U.S. Coast Guard.
May 29, 2024
The U.S. State Department has approved a Swedish top-up purchase of Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.