Aircraft & Propulsion

Technology is rapidly shaping new generations of Western air-to-air missiles, as the need to outrange adversary weapons grows.

New experiments show the concept works, but is the "Arsenal Plane" the answer to the Air Force's capacity problem?

Cairo reportedly is looking to purchase 24 Eurofighters, 24 M-346 jet trainers, a satellite produced by Leonardo, and up to six FREMM frigates and offshore patrol vessels.

Germany is looking to arm its future fleet of EuroDrone unmanned aircraft systems with MBDA Brimstone air-to-ground missiles and Enhanced Paveway

Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation are the first developers of urban air mobility vehicles to progress to the third stage of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.

U.S. Navy’s training system search; Finland seeks export OK for fighters; an Army SHORAD slowdown; and satellite sensor design advances.

A full-scale proprotor incorporating the key features of Karem Aircraft’s Optimum Speed Tiltrotor (OSTR) concept has run on a ground rig in Victorville, California.

A civilian Pilatus PC-12 aircraft made an unauthorized landing at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Wales because the aircraft’s pilot wanted to visit a nearby beach.

Babcock Australasia is offering Bell’s Model 429 twin-engine light helicopter to meet Canberra’s need for a special operations helicopter platform.

Air-to-air missiles once helped shape fighter aircraft, now they drive size of fleets as longer-ranges missiles hold foes at length.

Six U.S. military bases are gearing up to receive adversary air services from industry with the possibility of a European expansion.

DARPA and the Office of Naval Research plan to launch a joint project to develop a vertical-takeoff-and-landing tactical unmanned aircraft system that could replace the Insitu ScanEagle and eliminate any reliance on launch and recovery infrastructure.

A Pipistrel aircraft is part of a $63 million program launched by U.S. Special Operations Command to expand capacity for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) flights at medium altitude, a spokesman says.

A U.S. Navy remotely operated vehicle has located the wreckage of a Canadian CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed in the Mediterranean on April 29.

New F-15EX and B-52 engine suppliers vie to compete for major orders.

The arrival of Russian fighters in Syria will bolster the capabilities of Libyan National Army forces and escalate an already tense Libyan civil war.

A new proposal to prototype and field palletized munitions on U.S. Air Force C-17s and C-130s starting as early as next year is under discussion by the Air Staff despite recent objections over such a concept made by the head of Global Strike Command.

Airbus has certified automatic low-level flight capability for the A400M, clearing another hurdle in the development of the airlifter’s tactical capabilities.

Concerns about deficient and delayed KC-46As for the U.S. Air Force have spread beyond the Senate’s defense-focused committees.

Zipline and Novant Health announced on May 27 that they have received emergency approval from the FAA to fly medical supplies by drone to a hospital north of Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Launch of NASA astronauts on the flight test comes nine years after the last U.S. human orbital spaceflight.

Commercial aviation disruption spreads to defense supply chains as crisis deepens.

Musk talks to Aviation Week & Space Technology Space Editor Irene Klotz about finally getting to human spaceflight and what’s ahead.

Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has performed its first unmanned air system delivery to a ship in a demonstration that could reduce pressures on the transport network around Europe’s largest seaport.