Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Reliable Robotics has completed a study for the USAF examining retrofitting the service’s large multi-engine jets with its autonomous flight control tech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Helen Chachaty
Numerous companies have agreed to joint production, technology exchange and component supply during Ukraine’s first Defense Industries Forum in Kyiv Sept. 30.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force had previously announced that a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs based in Korat would be decommissioned between 2028 and 2031.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The contract is part of a multi-phase project on which GKN has been working since 2019 with Sweden’s Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) and Saab.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Prague countered critics of its F-35 decision, who claim the aircraft is too expensive for the Eastern European country to operate.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The milestone clears the Joint Program Office to seek a decision on full-rate production status for the family of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Slovakia has 14 Block 70-model fighters on order to replace its Soviet-era Mikoyan MiG-29s that were withdrawn last year and transferred to Ukraine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The two-seat Rafale B was formally transferred on Oct. 2 during a ceremony at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, where Croatian pilots are being trained on the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters says it has handed over the 56th and final aircraft, a NATO Frigate Helicopter version of the NH90 for the Italian Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The request for information published on Sept. 29 by the Air Force tells industry to assume a CCA program will be launched in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The purchase of the two Erieye Saab 340s springs from an urgent requirement from Poland to bolster aerial surveillance of its borders with Russia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
MD Helicopters has closed a 12-helicopter deal with the Nigerian Army to deliver light attack versions of the company’s MD530 single-engine light rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian armed forces say the priority now is bringing the new fleet of UH-60M Black Hawks into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Chachaty
This budget is in line with the French Military Programming Law, which provides for a total budget for the armed forces of €413.3 billion between 2024 and 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
France's “historic” performance, as described by the report, is largely due to the sale of 80 Dassault Rafale F4 fighters and associated weapons to the UAE.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Czech government has approved the acquisition of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have for the first time demonstrated the ability of a heavy lift uncrewed multicopter to drop a torpedo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Romania’s defense ministry has launched the process to acquire as many as 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Byron Callan
Byron Callan and Sam Bendett join to discuss the Pentagon’s initiative to manufacture masses of uncrewed vehicles with an eye on the Indo-Pacific theater.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
Instead of operating from a large aircraft carrier, a U.S. Navy request seeks concepts for ships with flight decks between 50-200 ft. long and 40-100 ft. wide.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is lobbying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow a potential sale of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An Icelandic startup is attempting to develop an uncrewed aircraft system that will mimic the flight of a bird.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Garrett Reim
The company selects Dayton, Ohio, for its manufacturing plant and delivers its first eVTOL to the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s defense ministry has contracted a first offset agreement associated with the acquisition of its planned Boeing Apache attack helicopter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion