Aircraft & Propulsion

Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.

Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.

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

A British startup company has emerged as a potential contender in the UK’s New Medium Helicopter contest.

Satellite imagery appears to confirm that a Ukrainian attack on an airfield previously captured by Russian forces resulted in the destruction of several Russian helicopters.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale to Spain of Sikorsky MH-60R anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare helicopters.

Berlin’s reengagement with the F-35 comes as it prepares to make bolder defense commitments prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Price per tail increase likely as negotiations are delayed; Lockheed points to pandemic impacts and inflation.

The U.S. government has approved plans to export Boeing F-15EX fighters to Egypt, the head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers March 15. “In the

The head of U.S. Pacific Air Forces favors choosing the Boeing F-15EX to replace two squadrons of aging F-15C/D fighters at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

A city police department that was an early adopter of using drones for law enforcement purposes in the U.S. recently surpassed 10,000 missions.

Germany is now set to purchase Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to partially replace the country’s aging Panavia Tornado fleet.

Two U.S. Air Force pilots have become the first to conduct crewed test flights of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft under the service’s Agility Prime program.

Pictures of the MIUS prototype fuselage in assembly at the company’s facility in Istanbul were published online by the company’s chief technology officer.

The first of three Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 (I) Global Hawks arrived in Japan March 12, more than three years after the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract was signed in November 2018.

With a growing chorus of lawmakers calling on the Biden administration to help send Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, the Pentagon is sharing more detail on the air battles over that nation to argue more aircraft are not needed.

The Croatian Ministry of Defense is examining the wreckage of an uncrewed aircraft that crashed near Zagreb, apparently having overflown Hungary and Romania and may have come from Ukraine.

The Philippine Air Force has taken delivery of its first T129 ATAK attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace, becoming the first export customer for the platform.

Pakistan has inducted its first batch of six Chengdu J-10C multi-role fighters, a week after they were delivered to Kamra Air Base on March 4. This marks the first export for the Chinese-made type, which was acquired by Pakistan in response to India’s acquisition of Dassault Rafales.

With a focus on stabilizing its supply chain through the rest of the year, helicopter-maker Schweizer RSG aims to double and possibly triple its production output in 2023 and has plans to further expand beyond that depending on market demand.

Engine delay holds up FARA; U.S. House grants defense $728.5 billion; USSF mission delayed; and Semiconductor company seeks real estate.

Missouri-based T53 maintenance and repair specialist Ozark Aeroworks plans to develop upgrades for the powerplant and even put the Eisenhower-era turboshaft back into production, after acquiring the entire product line from manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace.

U.S. hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has closed a $100 million Series B fundraising round, providing the funding to fly its first three Quarterhorse flight-test vehicles and advance design of its planned Darkhorse production aircraft.

The revamped company will trade as Enstrom Aerospace Industries and will resume production of the turbine 480B and the piston F-28F and 280FX.

Uncrewed aircraft systems are clearly on the shopping list of Saudi Arabia’s armed forces.