Aircraft & Propulsion

About 60% of Venezuela’s Air Force fleet comprises Western aircraft, and this ratio is likely to remain relatively unchanged as Venezuela’s relations with the U.S., especially, are slowly improving.

The six aircraft are part of a wider defense spending package worth €2.4 billion ($2.6 billion).

Leonardo and WB aim to cooperate on autonomous air systems and loitering munitions equipped with artificial intelligence and swarm capabilities.

Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover flights of the Ares tilt-duct vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator.

Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.

Lockheed Martin could assemble and maintain C-130Js at Tata Advanced Systems if the transport wins an Indian Air Force order for up to 80 aircraft.

Warsaw is looking to translate large fighter, helicopter and weapons purchases into a stronger defense industrial footprint.

Variable-cycle engines are now a “mainstream research direction” in China.

The facilities will support testing of the Atlanta-based company’s Quarterhorse and Darkhorse series of high-speed testbeds.

A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.

Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine-makers are awaiting a possible redirection over power needs amid the U.S. Air Force's NGAD review.

The testbed aircraft made its first flight in June from the company’s test facility at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port.

Founded in 2017, Daytona Beach, Florida-based VerdeGo is already working to certify the 185-kW VH-3.

Latin America may be on the verge—or even in the midst of—a generational overhaul of military aviation, as operators are rife with aging fleets that will need replacing as soon as budgets allow.

The discussions are still at an early stage, said Adam Hodges, head of business development for Boeing’s vertical lift program.

“New threats require action,” the Dutch government says, also announcing it will spend money on helicopters, tanks and warships in addition to the F-35 JSF buy.

Helix started life as an automotive combustion engine consultancy business.

Army pilots scored an alarmingly high 2.01 flight mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours through the first 10 months of fiscal 2024.

Now, with NGAD on hold, the Air Force looks to speedrun through a review of that work.

Ampaire has completed the critical design review for conversion of the Beechcraft King Air to hybrid-electric propulsion.

Indonesian aerospace prime PT Dirgantara Indonesia has secured the sale of five N219 turboprop aircraft to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

While the Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort prioritizes quick fielding, Project VENOM plans to evaluate future improved capabilities—including AI.

Pratt already has a sizeable footprint in Poland, where it placed F100 engine work when the country acquired Lockheed Martin F-16s more than two decades ago.

The Indian government has approved the purchase of 240 locally assembled Al-31FP engines from Hindustan Aeronautics to power its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters.

The UK has pulled around 30 arms export licenses for Israel that London signaled could also impact the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in certain circumstances.