Aircraft & Propulsion

Russia plans to build one new strategic airborne command post and modernize one of its current aircraft by 2030.

Romania is restarting MiG-21 operations just more than a month after they had supposedly been permanently suspended over safety concerns.

The first production version of the F-35 was ordered in 2007 and delivered four years later.

Boeing has inducted the first Dutch AH-64D Apache attack helicopter for remanufacture to AH-64E v6 standard.

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.

Boeing and KAI re-activated the tooling from storage to produce the new batch of wing sets for the A-10.

The U.S. government has approved a possible sale of 23 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to the Egyptian Air Force, the Defense Security Cooperation

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.

A proposal to Uruguay for a potential sale of six L-39NGs has been made by the Czech government through its newly established Intergovernmental Defense Cooperat

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the company’s offer, focused on the militarized H175M twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft, would “regenerate helicopter manufacturing in the UK."

Test flights of Australian-built scramjet-powered drone targets technology for space launch system and hypersonic defense applications.

BAE Systems has taken delivery of and is preparing flight tests for a Pipistrel Electro Velis electric-powered light aircraft as part of an arrangement with the Slovenian manufacturer. The UK defense company announced in March that it was working with Pipistrel to examine military training applications for electric aircraft. The work is continuing after Textron’s acquisition of the light aircraft manufacturer.

The Singapore military has contracted Airbus to deliver its new batch of H225M helicopters from France, ferried on the company’s BelugaST transporter.

B-21’s loads calibration about half complete; rollout still expected this year.

NHIndustries partners are taking steps to boost in-service rates, but it may be too little too late for some operators.

France and Spain have committed to an upgrade that will keep Airbus’ Tiger relevant until the 2050s. However, Germany has yet to follow.

Honeywell is developing a suite of alternative navigation technologies to combat increasing disruption of GPS signals, intentional and unintentional, with the first products planned to be on the market in 2023.

The U.S. Air Force’s first F-35A wing in the Pacific reached its full complement of aircraft this week, as the second U.S. Marine Corps F-35B squadron reached full operational capability in Japan.

GE Aviation will need to build up to 467 T901 engines during the first years of production.

Airbus Helicopters plans to produce three prototypes to support development of the Tiger attack helicopter mid-life upgrade.

Russian Helicopters is preparing to replace Western-made engines on its products, with plans to test domestic powerplants on the Kamov Ka-226 and Ka-62 and Kazan Ansat as soon as 2023.

Can Magic Carpet render undergraduate carrier landings unnecessary for future Navy pilots

The schedule delay for the next presidential aircraft has grown by up to three years as Boeing works through issues on the VC-25B, and the Air Force is programming funds for the existing aircraft to keep it flying to cover the gap.

Airbus Helicopters believes that NATO demands for a 220-kt. cruise speed for a future medium transport helicopter could drive maximum take-off weights of up to 17 metric tons.

The UK Defense Ministry has launched its long-awaited competition to acquire a new fleet of medium helicopters consolidating several rotary-wing types currently in service.