Aircraft & Propulsion

Naval aviation is essential to New Delhi’s plan to protect sea lanes after last year’s land-based standoff with Chinese forces.

The safety concerns identified by the DOT&E about the Advanced Composite Rotor Blade (ACRB) could impact an ongoing debate between Congress and the Army over the future of CH-47F Block II production.

Slovenia is to purchase a C-27J Spartan airlifter to fill a shortfall in capability left exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leonardo’s Seaspray search radar is to be integrated onto the MQ-9B SkyGuardian as General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) pushes the unmanned air system for the maritime surveillance mission.

The LauncherOne rocket reached space for the first time on Jan. 17, carrying 10 small satellites to orbit.

NASA did not immediately say why the hot fire was cut off about 67 sec. after ignition.

The the acting defense secretary is skeptical about whether the fifth-generation fighter is needed.

Buoyed by a new production contract, Boeing’s improving KC-46A tanker program gears up for upgrades.

Boeing’s latest KC-46 contract; KC-390 flies to U.S.; Insitu fraud case resolution and U.S. Space Command to settle in Huntsville.

The Apache will be introduced from 2025, Australian defense minister Linda Reynolds announced Jan. 15, adding that the Boeing helicopter represented the “most lethal, most survivable and lowest-risk” option.

The U.S. Air Force could soon have a new competitor for production funding to the F-35: the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

The Greek Parliament has approved the country’s purchase of Dassault Rafale fighter jets, but the buy only fulfils part of Athens’ desire to field 40 new-generation combat aircraft by 2025.

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) is debuting its KC-390 airlifter on a foreign military exercise for the first time, with a deployment to the United States.

AeroVironment on Jan. 13 announced its second major acquisition in as many months, unveiling a deal to buy Arcturus UAV, a privately-held provider of Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and contractor-owned services to military customers.

Portugal’s growing aerospace sector wants to put the pandemic behind it and build the country’s first indigenous aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract modification for 12 KC-46A tanker aircraft and anticipates the work will wrap up in April 2023.

The allegations concerned five contracts with the Navy and two contracts with Special Operations Command to support UAS over an eight-year period ending in 2017.

Sweden will retain around 40 Saab Gripen C/Ds fighters into the 2030s as part of the country’s enhanced defense plans, ministers have revealed.

Ask the editors: The C-5 and C-17 may seem dated and the A400M is small, but these aircraft still fulfill the needs of military missions.

Leonardo’s AW139 twin-engine medium helicopter has been ordered by Colombia’s air force for VVIP duties.

MHI is forming an F-X development team at its Aichi plant, several unnamed Japanese government sources tell the Kyodo newswire.

Countering small unmanned aircraft systems poses a puzzling challenge for the Pentagon.

The first of 55 modernized Dassault Mirage 2000Ds has been delivered to the French Air Force.

Embraer is seeking to expand a portfolio of platforms with a family of UAS and a hybrid-electric-powered military transport.

Lockheed will provide MHI with system integration support, defense ministry says.