Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 20, 2023
As it expands, Chinese carrier air power must cope with an increasingly complex air fleet.
Jun 20, 2023
The generator could be used to support the growing onboard electric power demands of advanced military mission systems, avionics and high-energy weapons.
Jun 19, 2023
GE Aerospace is working to combine rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustors for a turbine engine with a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet.
Jun 19, 2023
Aarok, a 5.5-ton MALE UAS designed and built secretly in France by a small company named Turgis & Gaillard, is making its public debut at Paris Air Show 2023.
Jun 19, 2023
Sweden’s defense materiel agency FMV is awaiting political approval to begin studies into a new-generation combat aircraft beyond the new Saab Gripen E.
Oct 07, 2025
Sikorsky is considering how to modify U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to fly VIP transport and continuity-of-government missions.
Oct 07, 2025
Faced with a persistent pilot shortage, the U.S. Air Force in 2022 set a demanding goal of training 1,500 pilots per year to chip away at the issue.
Oct 06, 2025
The Canadian government now is keeping options open for making a final decision on the fate of completing a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Oct 06, 2025
The UK wants to demonstrate operations of a turbine-powered, fixed-wing, short takeoff and landing autonomous collaborative platform from a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.
Oct 06, 2025
Sweden has formally placed its order for the Embraer C-390, becoming the sixth European nation to commit to the airlifter.
Oct 06, 2025
As flight testing progresses to larger sizes, Sikorsky has renamed its Rotor Blown Wing family of vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft the Nomad.
Oct 03, 2025
Sikorsky expects the award for the 11th, and likely final, UH-60 Black Hawk order from the U.S. Army in late 2026 as the service reviews aviation plans.
Oct 03, 2025
India’s air force chief has expressed optimism that domestic industry will be able to deliver a new-generation indigenous combat aircraft in the 2030s.