Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has signed the £1 billion ($1.3 billion) contract to acquire Leonardo’s AW149 battlefield utility helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Shield AI has demonstrated the rapid integration of its Hivemind autonomy software by installing it into the Hornet uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
AeroVironment has unveiled the Locust X3 system as a 20-35-kW higher energy laser.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
Each of Ecuador’s armed services operates a similarly sized aviation component, while pursuing slightly different modernization priorities.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy is expanding the installation of low-cost counter drone systems on its destroyers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace has delivered the first of a new upgraded version of the RM12 engine to power the Swedish Air Force’s Saab Gripen C/D fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
At least 66 military personnel have been killed in the crash of a Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Anduril has started assembling more prototypes of the autonomous YFQ-44 fighter at the newly opened Arsenal-1 weapons production complex near Columbus, Ohio.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army within a few days in mid-March ordered thousands of reconnaissance drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A technological development launched by DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (Alias) program a dozen years ago is now a testbed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has picked three vendors to provide initial long-range uncrewed systems to be fielded later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands defense ministry is expanding its interest in U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiatives.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratories have unveiled a new flying testbed to support the development of aircraft survivability equipment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Nigeria’s Air Force is looking to acquire Airbus C295 transport aircraft as part of an ongoing modernization of the service’s fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s government has signed offset agreements with Lockheed Martin to enable the servicing of sensors and systems fitted to the country’s AH-64 Apache fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German startup Quantum Systems says it has secured funding for 15,000 interceptor drones for use by the Ukrainian National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Syos Aerospace says it has completed the five-year development of its SA200 rotary-wing UAS following a series of autonomous mission trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA aeronautics enterprise awaits the 2027 presidential budget request with hopes for more stability and a renewed focus on flight research.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is exploring a rapid acquisition of uncrewed aircraft system radars for naval applications, aimed at detecting cruie missiles and other aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week has identified $23.1 billion in open opportunities to supply CCAs between 2026 and 2035 that have officially been announced by operators.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman completed a new right of passage for aspiring Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) producers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
An unidentified flying-wing uncrewed aircraft system was photographed and videoed at low altitude near Larissa Air Base, Greece, on March 18.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France and Germany are poised to make a decision on whether they can repair the fractured defense industrial relationship for the Future Combat Air System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing at a Middle East base following a combat mission over Iran on March 19.
Budget, Policy & Operations