Rolls-Royce's Orpheus demonstrator engine is now evolving into a family of propulsion systems with a particular focus on autonomous collaborative combat aircraft.

Turkish Aerospace Industries has begun taxi trials of the first fully representative prototype of the Kaan combat aircraft, imagery released by the airframer reveals.

GKN Aerospace has restarted some activities at its Garden Grove, California, industrial site after an industrial mishap, but parent company Melrose is not sure when the site will be fully operational again.

The Philippine Air Force is looking beyond the acquisition of a new multi-role fighter as it transitions from counterinsurgency operations to territorial defense.

Starfighters Space, an aerospace company with a fleet of Mach 2-capable Lockheed F-104s, expects to start flight tests before year-end of a purpose-built adapter capable of evaluating multiple high-speed designs and experiments.

High-speed aircraft developer Hermeus has successfully deployed an inert weapon from its Quarterhorse Mk. 2.1 unpiloted vehicle over New Mexico.

Aviation Week Editor in Chief David North wrote the cover story on Aero Vodochody’s L-159 light attack/trainer aircraft for the magazine’s July 23, 2001, issue. The cover featured the prototype flying near the company's manufacturing facility near Prague.

Bombardier is searching for a site in Canada where it can perform defense-related modifications to its business jets, including to the Global 6500 long-range business jet used as a GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, and other aircraft.