Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 25, 2023
Electric aircraft fire; Tiltrotor eVTOL prototypes; Autonomous deck landing; Weather-forecasting drone.
May 24, 2023
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract for a fighter aircraft to replace the F-22 Raptor in 2024.
May 24, 2023
A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.
May 23, 2023
Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.
May 19, 2023
Several upgrades are making the B-52 relevant for the 2030s and beyond, but they require sweeping changes to internal structures and electronics.
Dec 23, 2025
The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.
Dec 23, 2025
Spain ordered 18 Airbus C295 transport aircraft days after the government in Madrid gave the OEM's helicopter arm a boost with a mammoth 100-rotorcraft deal.
Dec 22, 2025
Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has revealed a shift in strategy.
Dec 22, 2025
Skyryse has completed the first flight of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with its SkyOS automated flight control system.
Dec 22, 2025
Six years have passed since Northrop Grumman won an opportunity to upgrade the system on the U.S. Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Dec 22, 2025
The U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22 that it has designated the Northrop Grumman Project Talon uncrewed aircraft prototype the YFQ-48A.
Dec 22, 2025
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.
Dec 22, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country will proceed with plans to build a new aircraft carrier.