Aircraft & Propulsion

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

The Royal Australian Air Force is not flying its Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs and Boeing EA-18G Growlers to their full combat capabilities at Exercise Pitch Black.

Leonardo Helicopters is planning take on Airbus in its own backyard by competing for a German requirement for a light utility helicopter.

Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed aircraft system could secure its 30th customer before year-end, senior company officials say.

The deals come as Chinese naval ships continue to prowl the waters around Taiwan after tensions heightened in early August.

An order for the Su-35 would be the first major acquisition by Iran for its air force in more than two decades.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

The MAFFS was originally designed for the Lockheed Martin C-130, but is compatible with the cargo-handling system on the C-390.

Sweden and Finland’s air forces will bring an air power increase to NATO’s order of battle and benefit from the alliance’s capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Sept. 2 returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because of an issue with the tiltrotor’s gearbox for which the service still does not have a root cause.

Saab says some nations are focusing on fighter acquisition affordability and not operating costs, which could affect future capability.

Boeing on Aug. 31 received a $927.5 million undefinitized contract for four KC-46A refueling tankers for Israel, a deal that will cover the testing of the next-generation refueling vision system and deliveries by the end of December 2026.

The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.

The Portuguese Air Force is acquiring six used Black Hawk helicopters to boost the country’s firefighting capability.

The U.S. Air Force wants to set a new target for the annual operating costs of the Lockheed Martin F-35A.

The U.S. Army has grounded its Boeing H-47 Chinook fleet following a small number of engine fires that OEM Honeywell says is connected with the installation of problematic O-rings during service-performed depot maintenance.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force Next Generation Fighter Office says despite the fact that it has already ordered an initial batch of four F-35Bs with an option for eight more, the service has not ruled out the possibility of purchasing F-35As as well.

Saab has carried out the first firing of an MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from its Gripen E combat aircraft as the type moves toward service entry.

Sweden has moved to the margins of the UK-led Tempest Future Combat Air System as it waits to better understand how the other partners will establish the program, Saab CEO Micael Johansson says.

Saab CEO Micael Johansson says the company’s Gripen fighter has faced an uphill struggle against security politics as it attempts to regain a foothold in the international fighter market.

The arrangement frees up Slovak MiG-29 for potential transfer to Ukraine.

“What we’re looking at is not necessarily to do it solely with NGAD. How do you do it with the F-35, for example?” USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. says.

A Cold War-level Dutch defense increase, prompted by Ukraine crisis, will pay for additional aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force now possesses four MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters as it starts developmental testing following a series of setbacks for the program.

DARPA is launching a program to demonstrate a long-endurance uncrewed aircraft able to operate from warship flight decks and small austere locations in adverse weather.