Aircraft & Propulsion

First delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft to the RAF has been pushed back 12 months.

Japan is set to increase its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six.

Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss what details they are hoping to see and what is likely to come next for the B-21 Raider.

The eyes of the aviation world will focus on Northrop Grumman’s secretive Site 4 complex at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Dec. 2 for the first glimpse of the next generation stealth bomber: the B-21 Raider.

Multiple aircraft flown by artificial intelligence agents will simulate air-to-air battles against formations of enemy aircraft at beyond visual range under a newly launched DARPA program.

In the first pictures published of the twin-engine TF-X since manufacturing began earlier this year, Turkish Aerospace appears to have completed most of the forward and rear fuselage with much of the main wing fitted to the aircraft.

Ukrainian personnel have been trained on the Sea King through a six-week course with the Royal Navy.

It is the Royal Australian Air Force’s longest overseas deployment of the F-35A since its deliveries began in 2018.

The U.S. Navy has linked a Nov. 15 UAV attack on a Liberian-flagged tanker in the northern Arabian Sea to Iran by collecting evidence of the UAV aboard the ship, identifying it as a Shahed-136.

Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 jet to emerge from a 3 1/2-year-old assembly line in Greenville, South Carolina.

The first prototype of the delta-winged aircraft began taxi trials at Corlu Airport, west of Istanbul, on Nov. 20.

The CEO of Dassault Aviation appears to be disputing German and Spanish claims that an agreement has been reached around progressing to the next phase of FCAS.

Airbus, Spain’s Indra and the German government say discussions that will allow the multibillion-euro combat aircraft project to move into the Phase 1B demonstrator period have concluded.

In the run-up to a second captive-carry flight of its Talon hypersonic test vehicle, Stratolaunch says it has begun hot-fire runs of the rocket engine that will power the high-speed testbed on its first Mach 5 flight in early 2023.

A U.S. Navy depot for the Pratt & Whitney F135 is expected to be activated in April and double the heavy maintenance capacity for the Lockheed Martin F-35’s engine.

The U.S. Air Force is ready to start testing how it wants pilots of its most advanced fighters to control future loyal-wingman drones, as the service plans an aggressive schedule for fielding the new aircraft.

Airbus, Rolls-Royce and the UK Royal Air Force say they have performed the first flight of a military aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

The U.S. Navy believes it could align its requirements for an uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) with those of the Air Force, potentially paving the way for a joint program.

Finland’s Border Guard has shortlisted nine suppliers who could provide the service with modified business jets equipped for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions

The French Air Force wants to build an initial SEAD/DEAD capability on Rafale by 2030 through the F4 capability upgrade.

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

Five aircraft carriers from allied countries and their strike groups plan to operate together this month under the NATO flag.

Russian officials hailed the delivery as a sign that the indigenous supply chain can continue to meet delivery milestones, despite Western sanctions.

Referred to simply as Wingman, the air system is proposed as an accompaniment to the FCAS New Generation Fighter.

U.S. Air Force plans include keeping Boeing F-15Es with higher-thrust engines for the long-term, leaving the majority of the fleet vulnerable to retirement.