Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

May 21, 2024
An ocean world some 450 million mi. from Earth is a tantalizing candidate for life.
May 20, 2024
LINKOPING, Sweden—The first flight of Saab’s twin-seat Gripen F has been pushed into 2025, following a change in the priorities of the Brazilian Air Force customer.
May 20, 2024
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
May 20, 2024
The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.
May 19, 2024
Though the New Shepard capsule returned to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating.
May 17, 2024
Italy could join Germany and Spain in making a top-up order for the Eurofighter combat aircraft, industry officials have said.
May 16, 2024
Australia’s new defense strategy includes pricey acquisitions for both the Australian navy and air force, but data from Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Military tool suggest that a commensurate increase in aviation-related contract opportunities may not be in the offing.
May 16, 2024
The review assessed the X-59 project’s approach to safety and hazard analysis.