Aircraft & Propulsion

The Canadian government now is keeping options open for making a final decision on the fate of completing a plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As.

The UK wants to demonstrate operations of a turbine-powered, fixed-wing, short takeoff and landing autonomous collaborative platform from a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier.

Sweden has formally placed its order for the Embraer C-390, becoming the sixth European nation to commit to the airlifter.

As flight testing progresses to larger sizes, Sikorsky has renamed its Rotor Blown Wing family of vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft the Nomad.

Sikorsky expects the award for the 11th, and likely final, UH-60 Black Hawk order from the U.S. Army in late 2026 as the service reviews aviation plans.

India’s air force chief has expressed optimism that domestic industry will be able to deliver a new-generation indigenous combat aircraft in the 2030s.

The U.S. Air Force is pressing to field a next-generation aerial refueling system by as soon as 2036, to justify production extension of the Boeing KC-46.

Australia has taken delivery of the first pair of Boeing AH-64E Apaches, marking the beginning of the end for its army’s Airbus Tiger attack helicopters.

Boeing has handed over the first of eight planned P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the German Navy.

Madrid’s funding package positions Airbus at the center of Spain’s contribution to European defense autonomy.

Carrier operations are proceeding, but the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35 program still faces major capability gaps.

The defense technology startup developing low-cost glide and guidance systems for ultra-long-range precision strikes has raised $3 million from investors.

Hemeria is preparing for the second flight test of its Balman maneuvering balloon in October and a longer one next year.

Anduril and Korean Air Aerospace Division are widening their partnership to integrate UAS and command-and-control software to detect and fight wildfires.

The government of Peru has expanded its emergency response fleet with the addition of a second Beechcraft King Air 360C air ambulance.

Airbus Helicopters has named the town of Vemagal in India as the location for a new final assembly line for the H125 single-engine light helicopter.

The French government says it has ordered five additional Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS Albatros aircraft for maritime surveillance.

European startup Helsing aims to slay moribund defense procurement practices with its collaborative combat aircraft bid.

Light helicopter manufacturers are battling it out to win the U.S. Army’s next-generation training fleet contract.

New analysis focuses on the cost of developing clean-sheet, low-signature refuelers.

Operations in the Middle East with the Reaper ended on Sept. 30 and are transitioning to the new MQ-9B Protector, according to information provided to Aviation Week.

South Korea has selected L3Harris to supply additional airborne early warning aircraft under its E-X Phase II program running through 2032.

Alan Warnes travels to Turkey to report on one of the biggest international exercises in Europe

The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin the long-delayed F-35 Lot 18 production contract valued at $12.5 billion.

The Pentagon has awarded RTX a $5 billion contract for Coyote drone interceptor systems.