Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s rise as a major uncrewed aircraft systems developer and exporter has been underscored by a new collaboration between BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
With a continued robust market, Bombardier may increase production as early as 2027, as long as its supply chain can keep up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The technique was demonstrated several times during development and operational testing of the ship and the aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
At the heart of tension in France is that Dassault Aviation asserts it does not have enough say over program decisions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Switzerland is nearing a deal with Elbit Systems to get compensation from the company after Bern agreed to field the Hermes 900 despite capability shortfalls.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany is fast-tracking several key capabilities from its Panavia Tornado to the Eurofighter fleet as the Tornado is prepared for withdrawal from service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
South Korea is launching a multiyear program to design, build and test a full-scale, crewed stealth fighter technology demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service has outlined a goal to add hundreds of fighters, but it stops short of addressing funding and capacity limits.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
South Korea plans an industrial leap into the ranks of modern fighter engine-makers, outlining a 14-year plan to field a supersonic, high-performance turbofan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has inspected and cleared its KC-135 fleet after the service discovered falsified certifications at a main technical repair shop.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Shield AI has chosen GE Aerospace’s F110 engine to power its X-Bat vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK is looking to demonstrate an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for use with its AH-64E attack helicopters in 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Apium Swarm Robotics, a developer of distributed autonomy for unmanned systems, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Red Cat Holdings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Chile’s aging fighter fleet is set to receive a significant boost, with Lockheed Martin upgrading 35 F-16AM and BM MLU aircraft to the M6.6 standard.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics is proposing a specialized air-to-ground member of the company’s Gambit family of modular uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Republic of Korea Air Force plans to field aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence by the early 2030s to fly alongside KAI F-50 and KF-21 fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. disclosed Nov. 3 that it has flown a second YFQ-42A.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has recommended the placement of a weapon systems officer in the cockpit of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Gogo said Nov. 2 that it has started flight-testing its new 5G air-to-ground broadband network on a Pilatus PC-24 trials platform.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) has received its first Airbus A400M military transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has selected the Elbit Systems Hermes 900 as its next-generation uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NHIndustries and Norway have reached an out of court settlement over a dispute around Oslo’s decision to take the NH90 helicopter out of service early.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A decade in the making, Korea Aerospace Industries is preparing to deliver the first production versions of the KF-21 Boramae on time by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
As the drama over the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System nears its climax, Airbus is sketching out what is to come.
Budget, Policy & Operations