Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The secret engine for the Northrop Grumman B-21 has sprouted many theories, which we investigate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The changes to the aircraft allow them to be operated from the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Brunei is adding to its transport aircraft fleet, ordering an unspecified number of Airbus C295MW transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Guy Norris
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Tony Osborne
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand is among the last Gripen users to embark on the upgrade, primarily due to a lack of funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
China’s nuclear arsenal grows; Russia converts to conventional; Raptor helmet displays, and U.S. buys three more GPS satellites.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
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.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
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.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian personnel have been trained on the Sea King through a six-week course with the Royal Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
It is the Royal Australian Air Force’s longest overseas deployment of the F-35A since its deliveries began in 2018.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 jet to emerge from a 3 1/2-year-old assembly line in Greenville, South Carolina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first prototype of the delta-winged aircraft began taxi trials at Corlu Airport, west of Istanbul, on Nov. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The CEO of Dassault Aviation appears to be disputing German and Spanish claims that an agreement has been reached around progressing to the next phase of FCAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Spain’s Indra and the German government say discussions that will allow the multibillion-euro combat aircraft project to move into the Phase 1B demonstrator period have concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
In the run-up to a second captive-carry flight of its Talon hypersonic test vehicle, Stratolaunch says it has begun hot-fire runs of the rocket engine that will power the high-speed testbed on its first Mach 5 flight in early 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion