Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 17, 2026
Textron and Merlin are adapting the Cessna SkyCourier into an autonomous aircraft intended to move thousands of pounds of supplies across contested environments.
Sep 16, 2026
Lockheed Martin is pitching an upgraded variant of the F-16, called the F-16G, to the U.S. Air Force to fill Fighting Falcon units that will age out of their existing fighters.
Sep 16, 2026
The announced competitors for the U.S. Air Force’s Massed Modular Aircraft so far have one major thing in common—they use Honeywell Aerospace’s TPE331 engine.
Sep 16, 2026
U.S. startup Astro Mechanica has unveiled a concept for a large new uncrewed aircraft system to host a high-energy laser and other nonkinetic effects.
Sep 16, 2026
SDA expects Northrop Grumman Transport Layer satellites to launch soon, advancing deployment of its delayed proliferated LEO network.
Sep 16, 2026
Boeing’s 737 MAX will have a new operator: the U.S. Air Force.
Sep 16, 2026
The F-47 sixth-generation fighter is on track for its first flight, U.S. Air Force officials confirmed at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
Sep 16, 2026
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force has confirmed that its Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk crashed at sea.