Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
CVN 73 aims to shake off its reputation from prolonged maintenance and bring new capabilities to the Pacific.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force welcomes eCTOL; simulating hydrogen turnaround; China’s TCab flies eVTOL; and flying quantum sensor.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The six Survice-Malloy TRV-150C octorotors are now operational in the Third Littoral Logistics Battalion at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The fighter needs more cooling system capacity to keep electronics from overheating, but long-term requirements may entail major changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is planning to further grow the capacity of the skidded-landing gear variant of its AW169 twin-engine intermediate-medium rotorcraft .
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An investigation by RAF chiefs conducted in 2022 and finally made public states that the squadron itself was not a safe environment for female personnel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
The flight test campaign took place Oct. 2-9 on board the Provence frigate off the Mediterranean coast.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Epirus' Leonidas Indirect Fire Protection Capability High-Power Microwave is part of a series of new acquisition programs under RCCTO focusing on small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Shield AI, the startup behind the Hivemind pilot program that features AI software, said on Oct. 31 it raised $200 million in Series F funding.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The flight on Oct. 27 from the Boeing factory at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport comes 2.5 months after the third F-15EX rolled-off the assembly line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
PteroDynamics' X-P4 prototype flew nine autonomous launch and recovery demonstrations from the deck of the expeditionary fast transport ship at a Navy event.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A long-belated update of the Pentagon's assessment of China's fighter fleet helps reveal the systematic inaccuracies of the annual China Military Power Report.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The order is second time lucky for the AW149 in Poland, as Leonardo was previously beat out by Airbus’ H225M—although that order was cancelled in 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A gun camera photo with the F-22 in sight appears in a PAF 5th Fighter Wing publication, with a caption describing the kill as having been made with a “Fox 2.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Bayraktar TB3 Siha, featuring foldable wings and twice the 700-kg maximum takeoff weight of the TB2, took off at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Oct. 26 contract—worth $364.3 million—covers production and delivery of the six MH-60R helicopters for Norway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has flown an Alia electric aircraft prototype to Eglin AFB, Florida, to begin at least three months of flight testing with the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed one of its Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW aircraft to Europe as part of its military assistance to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
South Korea is pursuing a new supersonic turbofan engine to power a fifth-generation fighter for the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The start of moving ground tests for the Northrop Grumman B-21 provides another milestone on the path to a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The global approach to MRO of the F-35 needs to be a model for other weapons as the Pentagon looks to co-develop and co-produce critical systems, the DOD says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
After focusing exclusively on eVTOL aircraft, the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program is expanding to fixed-wing types with the planned lease of a Pipistrel electric sport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s 4.5-generation fighter program is looking for external support after keeping the KF-21 flight test on track.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Scientists suspect a metal asteroid the mission will explore may be the remnant of early planet.
Space