Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 26, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Sep 19, 2025
The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.
Sep 17, 2025
New industry partnerships are moving the Global Combat Aircraft Program closer to its multibillion-dollar design and development contract.
Sep 12, 2025
Atropos Group unveils the Tacit Spear concept for an autonomous airlifter and a blueprint for delivering the large aircraft in a few years.
Sep 12, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Dec 01, 2025
The Brazilian Air Force demonstrated for the first time last week that it can fire MBDA Meteor missiles from its Saab F-39E Gripen fighters.
Dec 01, 2025
The UK plans to acquire the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II to give its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters a long-desired standoff capability.
Dec 01, 2025
Austria has finalized contracts to acquire Leonardo’s M-346 advanced jet trainer to replace the Saab 105s that were retired five years ago.
Dec 01, 2025
Turkish industry has claimed a world first with the successful engagement of an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from a UAS.
Nov 27, 2025
In the competition to provide Belgium with a new fleet of training aircraft, Switzerland's Pilatus has revealed it teamed with local companies in its successful proposal.
Nov 27, 2025
The UK Royal Air Force is hoping to launch a formal contest to find a replacement for its BAE Systems Hawk T1 and T2 fleet before Christmas.
Nov 27, 2025
PZL-Swidnik has delivered the first Polish-built AW149 battlefield utility helicopter to the Polish Armed Forces as part of an order for 32 of the type.
Nov 26, 2025
Boeing on Nov. 25 received a $4.67 billion contract for new-build AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships.