Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

May 22, 2026
Organizers of the Royal International Air Tattoo have canceled this year’s show over the uncertainty of access to the airfield at RAF Fairford.
May 21, 2026
General Atomics and Saab test MQ-9B with AEW radar, offering uncrewed early warning capabilities and extended airborne endurance for air defense.
May 21, 2026
General Atomics YFQ-42A resumes flight after crash, advancing collaborative combat aircraft development with software fixes and risk reduction efforts.
May 21, 2026
Long-awaited flight testing of MBDA’s Spear 3 mini cruise missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has begun.
May 21, 2026
UK's first E-7 Wedgetail arrives at RAF Lossiemouth for testing ahead of planned handover to Royal Air Force
May 21, 2026
Airbus prepares Valkyrie drone flight tests with Learjet surrogates to demonstrate collaborative combat aircraft capabilities for European air forces.
May 21, 2026
H2Fly advances hydrogen-electric aviation with new fuel cell systems and aircraft integration services while targeting 2 kW/kg performance threshold.
May 21, 2026
Stratolaunch says its Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft successfully deployed the firm’s latest reusable Talon hypersonic vehicle in March for the U.S. MDA.