Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 15, 2024
Acquisitions of new helicopters and airborne early warning aircraft are funded, while other capabilities will be “explored.”
Apr 11, 2024
About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.
Apr 08, 2024
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Apr 05, 2024
Aviation Week experts dissect recent comments from a Chinese general on the secretive Xian H-20 and look at where the bomber would fit in the PLAAF's structure.
Apr 05, 2024
A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.
Sep 19, 2025
Colorado-based startup Radia has announced plans to offer a purpose-built military version of its WindRunner outsized cargo aircraft.
Sep 19, 2025
Taiwan’s AIDC says it is not abandoning its crewed aircraft ambitions, including a next-generation fighter, even as the company pivots to support UAS.
Sep 18, 2025
The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a new autonomous, vertical take off and landing system to supply austere locations.
Sep 18, 2025
U.S. drone manufacturer AeroVironment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.
Sep 18, 2025
Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.
Sep 18, 2025
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.
Sep 18, 2025
The French Vortex spaceplane demonstrator program will aim to validate heat shield technology and different control capabilities once it takes flight.
Sep 18, 2025
DARPA will kick off development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine engine with a 15-month project worth up to $40 million.