Germany is planning to purchase utility helicopters and enlarge its Boeing P-8 Poseidon fleet with €100 billion ($107 billion) from its special defense modernization fund.
The Australian and Canadian governments say Chinese fighters have intercepted and harassed their maritime patrol aircraft, with one Chinese aircraft releasing chaff that was ingested into the engines of a Royal Australia Air Force P-8 Poseidon.
Sukhoi and MiG have formally merged with parent company United Aircraft Corp., with both legacy Soviet fighter manufacturers having ceased to exist as separate entities as of June 1. “Strong and worldwide-known Sukhoi and MiG brands will last in the assembled aircraft, while their reputable design schools will continue to evolve,” said Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec, UAC’s parent company.
A Canadian procurement official on June 2 restated the government’s commitment to finalizing a contract by year’s end to buy 88 F-35As, but an industry executive raised new doubts that the goal could be achieved.
A discussion of the blockbuster movie’s aviation-geek-pleasing details, from the recreation of Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 concept to why Maverick didn’t fly the F-35 and more.
The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter has begun engineering and manufacturing development based on progress from a previous DARPA program t
NASA has added more industry partners to its Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, signing Space Act Agreements with vehicle developers Electra Aero, Overair and Supernal as well as urban transportation consultants Ellis & Associates.
Honeywell is looking to push continuous operation of its megawatt generator to higher levels having recently run the hybrid-electric aircraft power system at up to 1.02 megawatts.
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has confirmed plans to kickstart development of two uncrewed aerial system (UAS) designs: an air teaming system and a low observable reconnaissance UAS.
Airbus Helicopters has fired Rafael’s Spike anti-armor missiles from its H145M light utility helicopter as the OEM works to broaden the capabilities of the dual-use platform.
Los Angeles-based startup Exosonic will use the Tactical AI suite from Poway, California-based EpiSys Science in a supersonic drone demonstrator being designed for the U.S. Air Force.
A potential $13.9 billion deal for 36 F-15s was discussed during an official visit by Indonesian Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo to his U.S. counterpart last week, the U.S. Air Force said in a May 25 news release.
