Annual flying hours per aircraft dropped for the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fleet in 2021, erasing five years of steady progress, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Lift Aircraft has been awarded a Phase 3 contract by the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program to continue experimentation and flight tests of its single-seat HEXA electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Airbus says it will draw on a multidisciplined set of technologies in its proposal for NATO’s Alliance Future Surveillance and Control system, which will replace the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning platform in the mid-2030s.
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has struck an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to convert passenger aircraft into tankers under the Israeli company’s multi-mission tanker transport (MMTT) program.
Spain’s National Institute for Aerospace Technology has placed an order with Airbus to purchase a C295 turboprop airlifter to use as an aerial research platform.
After years of wrangling and political discussion, Germany’s parliament has moved ahead with the procurement of weapons to arm its leased fleet of Heron TP uncrewed air systems (UAS).
The Japan Coast Guard's MQ-9B SeaGuardian will operate from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Hachinohe Air Base in the northeast of Japan’s main island Honshu.
NASA’s X-59 QueSST low-boom flight demonstrator is being transported back to Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, from its Fort Worth plant after completing structural tests.
The UK’s Ministry of Defense has renewed a support contract with Leonardo Helicopters to sustain the Royal Navy and British Army’s fleet of AW159 Wildcat helicopters.
The helicopter is a self-funded project between Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation and the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute, both
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an additional eight Block 70 Lockheed Martin F-16s for Bulgaria. A second batch made up of four single-seat F-16Cs and four twin-seat F-16Ds and a package of weapons have been requested by Sofia, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced April 4.
Sikorsky is in discussions with the U.S. Army on its requirements for modernization of the legacy UH-60 Black Hawk fleet that will continue in operation after the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft enters service in the early 2030s.
Sikorsky has reached the power-on milestone with its Raider X prototype, but like rival Bell, is awaiting delayed delivery of GE Aviation’s T901 turboshaft to complete assembly of its contender for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance aircraft (FARA) program.
The German Air Force is urging politicians to move ahead with plans to replace its Sikorsky CH-53 Stallion transport helicopters as it struggles to keep the rotorcraft operational.
U.S./Spanish startup Skydweller is to add a hydrogen fuel-cell power system to its extreme-endurance, solar-powered unmanned aircraft under a $14 million contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit in conjunction with the U.S. Navy.
Online photos and video on April 3 confirmed the destruction of the first Russian Air Force Su-35S fighter during the five-week-old invasion of Ukraine.
Sierra Nevada has unveiled a concept for a new special missions variant of the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet, which the company would modify into a contractor-owned, contractor-operated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) jet for the U.S. Army.
