A near-term solution for the engine shortage grounding 15% of the U.S. Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35As may be to simply buy more spares, a Pratt & Whitney executive said on July 27.

German space launch startup Polaris has been awarded a study contract by the German ministry of defense to look at how its winged Aurora suborbital spaceplane could be adapted for reconnaissance missions.

Electra.aero was founded on the premise that ultrashort-takeoff regional aircraft enabled by distributed electric propulsion would fly more payload longer distances than vertical-takeoff vehicles while still being able to operate from a similarly constrained urban footprint.

A look at interesting aircraft spotted at EAA AirVenture, ranging from special mission and military aircraft to business jets and eVTOLs.

FORT RUCKER, Alabama—Two decades of counter-insurgency (COIN) operations have reshaped the U.S. Army’s aviation branch organizationally and…

Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne has prompted a new inquiry by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren about the effectiveness of behavioral remedies in aerospace and defense industry supply chains.

“The Army is at a decision point with what they want to do for the Gray Eagle,” said Col. Scott Anderson, the Army’s program manager for unmanned aircraft systems.

The U.S. Army could buy up to eight Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems in fiscal 2023, two years early, Col. Scott Anderson said on July 23.