Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Feb 22, 2023
Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.
Feb 17, 2023
U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.
Feb 16, 2023
Companies from 98 nations around the world displayed their wares at Aero India. Here is a small sampling of some of the products at the show.
Feb 15, 2023
Aero India 2023 kicked off on Feb. 13 with a dynamic flight display attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Yelahanka Air Force Station north of Bengalaru.
Feb 15, 2023
Congress says no to U.S. Air Force buying electric aircraft, but the program continues.
May 16, 2024
Airbus Helicopters test pilots are eagerly awaiting approval to begin higher-speed flights with the company’s Racer compound rotorcraft demonstrator.
May 16, 2024
A USAF F-16C crashed shortly after takeoff in South Korea in 2023 after power outages caused a series of failures to instruments in the aircraft’s cockpit.
May 16, 2024
Project Ealing is able to detect, track and engage UAS threats up to 1 km (half a mile) away, and work is ongoing to boost its range, the UK MOD says.
May 16, 2024
Partners in the Eurodrone program have completed the preliminary design review for the twin-engine medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system.
May 15, 2024
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch conducted a “shakedown” flight of its Roc carrier aircraft on May 15.
May 15, 2024
BAE Systems has been awarded one of the first contracts to mature technologies to support the development of the Eurofighter’s Long-Term Evolution.
May 15, 2024
The German Air Force has undertaken a first flight of its Israel Aerospace Industries Heron TP uncrewed aircraft system in German airspace.
May 15, 2024
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation could maintain U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s and Boeing F-15s based in Japan.