Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The USAF is shopping for a new contractor to operate the fleet of Boeing 737-600s that ferries workers from Las Vegas to secretive locations in the region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The five aircraft touched down at the Fetești air base near Constanta, Romania, on Nov. 7, ahead of the formal opening of the European F-16 Training Center.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The proposals to develop further missions for the Gripen are part of updated military advice provided to Stockholm by commander-in-chief General Micael Bydén.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A Saab official tells Aerospace DAILY that Bangkok says procurement of an F-16 replacement is "going to be a competition."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A reporter riding on a Grumman C-2A considers what is in store for future aircraft carrier delivery.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The platform debuted at the Defense & Security 2023 exhibition in Bangkok.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Air Force could operate high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) from RAF Fairford, England.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Emirati defense conglomerate Edge Group has purchased a majority stake in Switzerland-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS developer Anavia.
Dubai Airshow

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.
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