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

By Graham Warwick
The Skydweller aircraft demonstrated remotely piloted three-dimensional guidance from the ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The concept design appeared in a video released Jan. 31 on AVIC’s WeChat channel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
The AIR5349 Phase 6 Project aims to “ensure commonality” between Australia's EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft and the U.S. Navy’s Growler fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Angus Batey
Historic electronic systems facility in Rochester needs funding for modernization.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The time-limit restriction now applies to the input quill assemblies inside the engine nacelles for the entire V-22 fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Even if Ukraine can push Russian forces out of the country, it is likely Moscow will continue to harbor territorial ambitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Bell’s tandem-cockpit, single-main-rotor Invictus is competing for the FARA contest against Sikorsky’s Raider X.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo UK has been exploring the potential capabilities of air launched effects that could bolster the company’s helicopter products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The balloon has flown over sensitive locations including nuclear missile fields but President Biden has been advised not to shoot it down.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain is set to acquire additional Eurofighters and an unnamed fifth-generation fighter–likely the F-35–as part of a new program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A 2021 review cut the UK's planned Boeing E-7 Wedgetail fleet from five aircraft to three.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Video shows a rollout and spooling up of the Hurjet advanced jet trainer's General Electric F404 engine at Turkish Aerospace's facility in Ankara.
Aircraft & Propulsion