Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Hybrid Air Vehicles wants to build production, testing and certification facilities that would be able to produce up to 24 airships a year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
South Korea will spend close to $6 billion on 40 KF-21s and related infrastructure and armaments through 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is reviewing the potential market for a modernized version of the Short Sherpa twin-turboprop cargo aircraft, last produced in 1990.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin Ventures led a group of 14 investors that raised a $12.5 million seed round investment in Firestorm Labs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government says it welcomes a decision this week by a new Argentinian government to acquire an undisclosed number of used F-16s from Denmark.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has flown XB-1 demonstrator, the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force is seeking a new provider of red-air aggressor services for its combat air fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence officials are suggesting Moscow could be facing fleet availability issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden has awarded contracts to Saab and GKN Aerospace to begin studies into future combat aircraft and propulsion development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Leonardo is looking to further sweeten its AW159 Wildcat offering to the New Zealand Defense Force, by promising to set up a support center at Whenuapai AB.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Development of a new Chinese heavy attack helicopter in the 10-ton class appears to be well underway, as evidenced by photographs that have surfaced online.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brandon Patrick
Recent and deepening cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic has underscored Canada’s sense of urgency in building out its ISR and maritime ISR capabilities.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
A final fiscal 2024 budget proposal ignores pleas from GE Aerospace to extend development of adaptive turbofan engines for two variants of the F-35C.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
House and Senate appropriators seek to add dozens of aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget in a last-minute plan that needs to pass ahead of the March 22 deadline.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A UK-based startup has begun flight tests of a co-axial, rotary-wing UAS that it hopes to bring to the military market in the next two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Hellenic Navy has formally inducted the first three of seven Sikorsky MH-60R shipborne naval helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Boeing have resolved an impasse on intellectual property and data rights around the F/A-18 which will extend production for about two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Indian Air Force investigators are probing the March 12 crash of a Tejas light combat aircraft—the first such accident since the type’s initial test flight.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Digitalization and development of space and cyber are the heart of Leonardo’s restructuring and growth, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The command now plans to buy 62 of the militarized cropdusters by the end of fiscal 2027 instead of all 75 aircraft due to funding constraints.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has agreed to deliver two aircraft to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, widening its existing partnership with the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
European industry is being called upon to develop and prototype a new-generation, medium-altitude/long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The EU could fund the development of an HGV demonstrator to help build a better understanding of how to develop a defense against such systems in the future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
USAF plans to complete certification of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on its newest tanker, in spite of the fleet having been retired from “official” service.
Multi-Mission Aircraft