Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jul 21, 2022
Seoul’s most complex aircraft project bolsters its drive toward independent weapons production and export.
Jul 21, 2022
The engine-maker is using digital design tools and rapid manufacturing processes to accelerate Orpheus engine development.
Jul 21, 2022
F-35 price to rise under latest agreement; Czech Republic to buy F-35s; Raytheon flies HAWC; and Embraer’s new C-390 partner.
Jul 19, 2022
Kathy Warden discusses the JWST, growth in the space market, the B-21 family of systems and a goal for the fighter market.
Jul 18, 2022
On a day of big announcements, Aviation Week editors discuss the latest developments in defense at Farnborough Airshow 2022.
Jun 12, 2025
A fleet of land-based Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes could be acquired in fiscal 2026 to backstop the proposed cancellation of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails.
Jun 12, 2025
Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.
Jun 12, 2025
JetZero has selected Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the manufacturing and final assembly site for its BWB aircraft.
Jun 12, 2025
RTX and the U.S. Navy are starting to explore new applications and host aircraft for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band technology domestically and abroad.
Jun 11, 2025
Airbus Helicopters has branded its modular crewed-uncrewed teaming (CUC-T) capabilities for rotorcraft, marketing it as HTeaming.
Jun 11, 2025
A sixth-generation fighter is on hold because the U.S. Navy’s top civilian official lost confidence in the defense industry’s ability to take on a new program.
Jun 11, 2025
The U.S. Air Force’s first Boeing E-7A Wedgetail prototypes are facing delays due to rework early in their builds.
Jun 11, 2025
The DOD will not disclose the funding amount or timelines related to turning a gifted Boeing 747-8 from the government of Qatar into an interim Air Force One.