Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is looking at a new acquisition approach for its future tanker.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

Sponsored by Embraer
The C-390 Millennium exceeds expectations, making it the transport aircraft of choice of many air forces. Watch the video to learn more.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Robert Wall
Lockheed announced the deal in conjunction with the Egypt International Airshow.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The operation is a preview of where Air Mobility Command (AMC) is trying to go as part of a broad situational awareness push.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Kaman’s Kargo and Elroy Air’s Chaparral uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) completed an 18-day performance evaluation on July 26.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal New Zealand Air Force took delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules on Aug. 8 to kick off a much-needed fleet modernization.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. government document says the anti-submarine warfare aircraft will receive the same payloads that are being deployed on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The first of 20 operational MH-139 Gray Wolf helicopters now on contract transferred to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill passed by Senate appropriators proposes to acquire 255 new military aircraft, or 19 more than the Pentagon requested.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is placing more precautions on its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet after investigators found a catastrophic failure of the aircraft’s gearbox.
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A “Next Generation Airlift — Last Tactical Leg” (NGAL-LTL) program appeared on a list of upcoming contract opportunities on a recorded briefing on July 29.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
A strategy used from 2011 to 2018 to win five fixed-price development programs with low-priced bids continues to haunt Boeing’s defense and space business.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have discovered another serious deficiency on the KC-46 tanker but expect it to be resolved quickly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force hopes to speed up its next-generation tanker program with potential new-start authority in its fiscal 2026 budget.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has pressed “pause” on its Next Generation Air Dominance program as it decides if it should commit for decades to the design it has proposed
Defense

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine
Can Airbus land an upgraded tanker in the U.S.?
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Robert Wall
Airbus expects to deliver the first of its A330neo-based aerial refueling tankers before the end of the decade through the MRTT+ upgrade.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble
As Farnborough Airshow opens a new stage for the rivalry between the C-130 and its competitor the C-390, Lockheed officials still claim the Hercules is winning.
Farnborough Airshow

By Robert Wall
Embraer has signed a contract with the Netherlands and Austria for the European countries’ joint procurement of nine C-390 tactical airlifters.
Farnborough Airshow

By Robert Wall
Airbus has its eye on top-up orders for the A400M military airlifter from the UK and Turkey, among others, as well as new customers in the Middle East.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The UK is investigating the possibility of operating its new fleet of General Atomics Protector UAS from the country’s two aircraft carriers.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble
The tankers add to the four boom-equipped KC-135Rs that Metrea acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force in 2021.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Selected to meet the initial Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (iAFSC) requirement, the Boeing E-7 will replace NATO's aging E-3 Sentry fleet by 2035.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
France is closing in on an acquisition of Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft, a media report says.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia is set to become the largest operator of Airbus’ A330 MRTT outside Europe after Riyadh signed a top-up order.
Multi-Mission Aircraft