Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing is looking at ways to integrate more orders for its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter following a major announcement from Poland along with two other nations that have said they intent to buy the chopper as well as at least one more multiyear order from the U.S. Army.

Ukraine’s air force has transitioned to using road runways to disperse and protect its fast jet operations in the country’s war with Russia.

Bern’s Security Policy Committee of the National Council has given the green light to the purchase of 36 F-35s

After years of dither and delay, Poland has selected the Apache attack helicopter, but strategies for other acquisitions remain clouded.

Industry officials tout companies’ ability to customize products and provide reliable platform performance and supply chain assurance.

LiquidPiston is to demonstrate a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on its rotary diesel engine in a vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system under a contract from the U.S. Army.

Japan appears to be equipping its upgraded Boeing/Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagles with the BAE Systems’ Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System after it was almost put on the chopping block for driving up the cost of the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor program.

Boeing is making a large bet on its ability to win future fighter programs to the tune of more than half a billion dollars for four state-of-the-art fabrication, production and assembly facilities that are purpose-built for combat aircraft.

Greece has received the first two of 84 Lockheed Martin F-16s to be upgraded with an active electronically scanned array radar.

The U.S. Air Force now offers the mobile ad-hoc networking technology to international partners with light attack aircraft.

General Electric is working with the U.S. Air Force on potential next steps for evaluating the XA100 demonstrator as the engine-maker begins development on its

The U.S. Navy's sixth-generation fighter will be the “survivable, lethal” quarterback that will fly with loyal wingmen drones, now known in the Pentagon as collaborative combat aircraft.

The deal marks the first award of a commercially sourced, fourth-generation fighter for aggressor support training by the Air Force.

A partial grounding of the U.S. V-22 fleet has been lifted after a nagging issue with a slipping sprag clutch caused two more emergency landings.

The U.S. Defense Department may allow Lockheed Martin F-35 deliveries to resume within weeks, pending the outcome of legal, security and airworthiness

The U.S. Navy says it has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of physiological incidents in its aircraft since a high in 2017.

Every category of incident, from the most expensive Class A through the lowest Class D, has increased for ship-related operations since 2011.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

On its 75th anniversary, the service looks to a future using increased autonomy and a further migration of key missions to space.

Here is an overview of 10 of the service’s top priorities as it looks to shape its future force.

The service aims to become “ruthless” in selecting development programs under ongoing review.

An intake blank designed to protect the F-35’s engine from foreign objects has been linked to the loss of a Royal Air Force-operated aircraft last November.

Poland wants to triple the size of its attack helicopter force, having declared plans to purchase nearly 100 Boeing AH-64 Apaches.

Northrop Grumman quietly developed a nickel-alloy combustor that could unlock a decades-long hurdle to rapid propulsion.

Using space shuttle engines on NASA’s new Moon rocket brings with it shuttle-era hydrogen issues.