Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 19, 2025
Forecasts, snapshots and military aircraft to watch.
Dec 19, 2025
Defense boom drives 10-year value of military aircraft deliveries to $1.19 trillion.
Dec 19, 2025
A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.
Dec 19, 2025
A review of the major events in 2025 in aerospace propulsion.
Dec 16, 2025
Gas turbines still dominate Pratt & Whitney’s future road map, but emerging new cycles and alternative fuels will also play a major role.
Mar 12, 2026
A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed March 12 in Iraq as part of the ongoing conflict in Iran, with one other aircraft involved in the incident.
Mar 12, 2026
The Pentagon has pledged that it is moving forward on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX fighter program under congressional direction in recent bills.
Mar 12, 2026
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani says he’s “very open” to expanding the GCAP partnership to develop a future fighter.
Mar 12, 2026
A new U.S. Army online marketplace for counter uncrewed aircraft systems is now hosting more than 90 products.
Mar 12, 2026
Leonardo plans to demonstrate its collaborative combat aircraft technology in flight as early as May, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.
Mar 12, 2026
he Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Development and Test Command has unveiled the first official photographs of its new Kawasaki C-2 standoff jammer aircraft.
Mar 12, 2026
The UK’s new fleet of Leonardo AW149 utility helicopters will not reach initial operating capability for at least another five years, ministers have revealed.
Mar 11, 2026
The U.S. Marine Corps’ new Aviation Plan builds on the progress of Project Eagle to date while sharpening the focus on artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) and uncrewed technologies.