Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Congress says no to U.S. Air Force buying electric aircraft, but the program continues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation announced that it has begun final assembly of its first partially-conforming S4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. sees a diplomatic and industrial opportunity in the number of countries looking for alternatives to their existing Russian-built platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia ditches problematic European choppers for U.S. ones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin is not giving up on its bid to sell the F-21, a specialized F-16 variant, to the Indian Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Among the lessons the French Air and Space Force has learned from the war in Ukraine is the importance of suppressing enemy air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Giriprakash Krishnamoorthy
India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. could eventually be awarded the project to manufacture Naval Utility Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the strike on the “unidentified object” in Canadian airspace after speaking to U.S. President Joe Biden.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Air Force F-22 shot down an unidentified flying object off the coast of Alaska on Feb. 10.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Several key U.S. Air Force aircraft saw their mission-capable rates drop in fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The program is part of PTDI’s CN235NG upgrade program for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin's supplemental protest entered the protest docket on Feb. 6, or 40 days after the Sikorsky parent filed the first complaint against the Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick, Brian Everstine
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance.
Check 6

By Jen DiMascio, Brandon Patrick
India will receive 275 trainers and LCAs over the next decade, more than any other nation aside from the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Aviation Week parroted the U.S. government’s statement that the aircraft was down due to a mechanical failure, not a Soviet missile, which proved to be wrong.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Balloon industry says it can survey the Earth better than satellites and for less cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX fired up 32 of the 33 Raptor engines on its first Starship/Super Heavy booster for a static hot-fire on Feb. 9.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
South Korea aims for carrier-based KF-21; SOCOM’s 18-day deadline; Senator eyes electronic warfare progress; and U.S. Army prepares 2040 vision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics will study the use of its automated flight and navigation technology in large, multi-engine U.S. Air Force jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The news comes after Seoul scrapped plans for an F-35B-equipped light carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has approved a Foreign Military Sale package for Iraq to buy 15 407M and 16 412M attack helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing is forging ahead with the company’s long-standing bid to sell Block III Super Hornet fighters to the Indian Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Tests were carried out by the naval version of the indigenous HAL Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (N-LCA) and a Mikoyan MiG-29K.
Aircraft & Propulsion