Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Slovakia will send 13 Mikoyan MiG-29s to refresh a combat-scarred Ukrainian air force fleet, adding to up to 24 Fulcrum fighters committed by Poland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The announcement by Warsaw breaks a year-long impasse over whether Western governments would heed Ukrainian demands for fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Navy will experiment with a parafoil uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Austria's Schiebel is eying an anti-submarine warfare role for the S-300, its up-scaled S-100 Camcopter uncrewed air system (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Rep. Rob Wittman, (R-Va.), says he wants to ensure that lawmakers understand the advantages of the engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Leonardo has responded to a request for information from the Japanese ministry of defense about a replacement for its Kawasaki T-4 trainers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Delivery of the first GE Aerospace T901 engines to Bell and Sikorsky for integration into their FARA prototypes has been delayed until early 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Alex Krutz
Industry is on the cusp of the Great Ramp-Up, a super-cycle stretching across aerospace and defense. How can suppliers boost throughput and profits?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Albany International, the provider of 3D-woven composite fan blades to Safran for LEAP aircraft engines, announced March 13 that it is searching for a new CEO.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The delivery stoppage prevented Lockheed from reaching its delivery target of at least 148 F-35s in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Norway has decided to purchase Sikorsky’s MH-60R helicopter as a replacement for the NHIndustries NH90s that Oslo permanently grounded last summer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
Seoul will purchase 20 Lockheed Martin F-35As under the F-X Batch 2 program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
After a five-year production hiatus, the company now has a backlog of orders for the fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
History suggests the military aviation program outlined by defense officials on March 13 is unlikely to survive the appropriations process intact.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The review is one of the milestones in the £110 million ($133.7 million) Shadow Mk.2/R2 upgrade program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Shield AI and Boeing have agreed to explore ways to deepen an existing relationship by working to introduce artificial intelligence pilots on combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Iran could receive its first newly built fighter imports in over 30 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin on March 10 formally rolled out the first new F-16 for Bahrain after a four-year hiatus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The joint RAF squadron was formed as part of the UK’s Qatar Air Program connected to its sale of Eurofighter Typhoons to the Qatar Emiri Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Next-Generation Air Dominance to be approximately a one-for-one F-22 replacement, bolstered by collaborative combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Officials call for clean-sheet designs, saying commercial-derivative refuelers are not survivable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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