Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 12, 2025
Despite post-pandemic growth, stalled flagship programs raise questions about whether the commercial market is ready for the next leap in rotorcraft technology.
Dec 12, 2025
Competition to power the emerging collaborative combat aircraft market is intense, with U.S. and international plans to spend billions in the next five years.
Dec 05, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Dec 04, 2025
The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.
Dec 04, 2025
A multinational flight above Brazil, a Malaysian Su-30MKM taking off and an Australian F/A-18F are among the Editors’ Picks in the 2025 Aviation Week Photo Contest.
Feb 19, 2026
The FAA is phasing out a major radar modernization program that is running late and well over budget.
Feb 19, 2026
In a surprise leadership change, Ursa Major has named Chris Spagnoletti as the company’s CEO effective immediately.
Feb 19, 2026
Airbus Helicopters has inaugurated the next final assembly line for its H125 single-engine light helicopter in India.
Feb 19, 2026
The orderbook for De Havilland Canada’s new Canadair DHC-515 waterbomber has been swelled by an order from the company’s home province of Alberta.
Feb 19, 2026
Embraer says it would establish a C-390 MRO facility in India with local partner Mahindra Group if the government there buys the airlifter.
Feb 19, 2026
Airbus says it is ready for a two-fighter approach under the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project.
Feb 19, 2026
After years of underinvestment, the tide is finally turning for the Hellenic Armed Forces, with the government pledging last year to inject €25 billion ($29 billion) into defense.
Feb 18, 2026
Airbus has described 2026 as a “year of testing” for the latest addition to its portfolio, the H140 twin-engine light helicopter.