Aircraft & Propulsion

Coming out of the service’s biggest exercise in recent history, the Air Force looks to make changes, but uncertainty is bubbling up.

Leonardo has formally offered 32 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 5 fighters to meet the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement.

Boeing MQ-28 Block 1 Ghost Bats have completed a series of demonstrations to inform an imminent Australian decision on whether to proceed with a follow-on order.

France’s plans to accelerate its planned increases in defense spending portend a potentially massive defense acquisition cycle.

South Korean drone startup Pablo Air has merged with Volk.

Ascent Aviation Services has chosen Block Aero Technologies to digitalize its used serviceable material business and open doors to selling parts in China.

Bird Aerosystems has secured a first batch of orders to bring a laser-based directed infrared countermeasures self-protection system to smaller aircraft.

Turkish industry is working on two missiles very similar to the MBDA Meteor. Now it seems we may finally know part of the reason why.

The Swiss government has opted to forgo key features in its Hermes 900 UAS because of repeated development delays.

Planned investments for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) include several key procurements across the domains of air mobility, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), training, air combat capability, and unmanned systems.

F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.

The successor of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier will embark radically different aircraft, including UAS, the naval chief of staff says.

The People’s Liberation Army unveiled two previously unseen UCAVs and two CCAs during the Sept. 3 Victory Day parade in Beijing

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

The UAS carried critical supplies, including spare parts, between the two ships.

Turkish defense company Havelsan has teamed with Egypt to offer vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft systems to the North African country.

The first of the next two prototypes of Turkey’s TAI Kaan combat aircraft has moved into the system integration phase ahead of plans to fly in spring 2026.

EU members are set to spend more than $116 billion on defense procurement for the first time this year, the European Defense Agency says in a new report.

The Czech Republic has agreed to fly its leased Saab Gripen C/Ds another decade to bridge a gap as it looks to introduce Lockheed Martin F-35s over the period.

Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.

Despite its relatively large size and strategically important location in northern Africa, the Tunisian Republic Air Force (TRAF) is one of the smallest air arms in the region.

South Africa’s state-owned Denel Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Embraer to cooperate on the C-390 Millennium aircraft, possibly signalling a future airlifter acquisition.

Japan’s Ministry of Defense has announced the Synchronized, Hybrid, Integrated and Enhanced Littoral Defense (SHIELD) system as part of an effort to counter potential invading forces.

California startup AIBOT has officially unveiled its product line of small quadcopter drones and tiltwing, multirotor eVTOL aircraft.

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