Aircraft & Propulsion

After a series of alleged faux-departs, France’s Dassault Aviation has declared the three-nation FCAS program can move forward.

New bomber is touted as the first sixth-generation aircraft, with advances in stealth and range named as key features.

Mayman Aerospace has signed a deal with Savback Helicopters to purchase 25 units of the compact high-speed vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (VTOL).

Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, who retired from the U.S. Air Force in July, reflected on the war, NATO and support for Kyiv in a panel session at a think tank event.

The U.S. Army is going with Bell Textron for its future helicopter fleet.

The secret engine for the Northrop Grumman B-21 has sprouted many theories, which we investigate.

The changes to the aircraft allow them to be operated from the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

Brunei is adding to its transport aircraft fleet, ordering an unspecified number of Airbus C295MW transport aircraft.

The B-21 Raider was displayed at the company’s secretive Plant 42 complex about 34 years after a similar ceremony for its predecessor the B-2.

How do the B-21 and B-2 bomber differ? Here are four ways.

William B. Scott tells the story behind late senior engineering editor Michael A. Dornheim’s legendary overhead photo scoop at the rollout of the B-2 bomber.

But just days later Trappier appeared on French radio to say that the German-Spanish announcements had been premature.

The arrangement emerges as KAI reportedly pursues the potential sale of as many as 100 T-50 Golden Eagle jet trainers to the Egyptian Air Force.

Thailand is among the last Gripen users to embark on the upgrade, primarily due to a lack of funding.

China’s nuclear arsenal grows; Russia converts to conventional; Raptor helmet displays, and U.S. buys three more GPS satellites.

The milestone approval keeps the Saab Gripen E on track to enter service next year with the Brazilian Air Force and in 2025 with the Swedish Air Force.

First delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft to the RAF has been pushed back 12 months.

Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.

Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss what details they are hoping to see and what is likely to come next for the B-21 Raider.

The eyes of the aviation world will focus on Northrop Grumman’s secretive Site 4 complex at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Dec. 2 for the first glimpse of the next generation stealth bomber: the B-21 Raider.

Multiple aircraft flown by artificial intelligence agents will simulate air-to-air battles against formations of enemy aircraft at beyond visual range under a newly launched DARPA program.

In the first pictures published of the twin-engine TF-X since manufacturing began earlier this year, Turkish Aerospace appears to have completed most of the forward and rear fuselage with much of the main wing fitted to the aircraft.

Ukrainian personnel have been trained on the Sea King through a six-week course with the Royal Navy.

It is the Royal Australian Air Force’s longest overseas deployment of the F-35A since its deliveries began in 2018.

The U.S. Navy has linked a Nov. 15 UAV attack on a Liberian-flagged tanker in the northern Arabian Sea to Iran by collecting evidence of the UAV aboard the ship, identifying it as a Shahed-136.