Aircraft & Propulsion

The defense budget is likely to reach 2.4% of GDP within two years. Slow naval programs will consume much of the money.

The U.S. Air Force says it has delivered the last of 84 F-15SA Advanced Eagles to the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Japan has chosen Lockheed Martin as the technology support partner for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in developing the F-X fighter, Japanese media said.

German air rescue service ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity electric air taxis from Volocopter to prepare for operational emergency medical service tests of the piloted multicopters in 2023.

As the U.S. Air Force prepares for a mysterious and “historic” demonstration on Dec. 15 involving the Lockheed Martin U-2S, the company’s Skunk Works division has revealed details of a “complementary” technology experiment held in secret a month ago with the same aircraft.

All four RQ-4s have been delivered and all 40 F-35As will be in 2021. So the 2021 acquisition budget is not rising much.

Although the ministry has requested a 3.3% rise, something closer to the 1.5% average of the past eight years is more likely to happen.

Saab will establish two aerospace centers in Quebec if the company’s Gripen is selected as Canada’s future fighter aircraft.

The UK is looking to use alternative, sustainable fuels for its combat aircraft and helicopters in a bid to lower carbon emissions.

A four-year-old strategy to boost spending levels for defense faces its greatest test in the wake of Canada’s COVID-19 response.

A crop of developmental projects are set to come to fruition over the next 12 months as new projects enter the design phase.

Airbus is continuing to target a 2021 certification for an automated aerial refueling capability on its A330-based Multi-Role Tanker Transport.

Turkey’s Navy has finally begun taking delivery of its Meltem-III maritime patrol aircraft based on the ATR 72 turboprop airliner.

The U.S. Air Force continues exploring nontraditional means to expand air-launched munitions capacity.

Skyborg protoype awards; MQ-25 flies with refueling store; Northrop sheds IT division; and new council for commercial space.

Modernization and rotary-wing fleet renewal is a priority for defense’s new spending spree.

Joby Aviation has become the first manufacturer to receive airworthiness approval for its electric air taxi under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative.

The motion of each X-61A in relation to the capture mechanism during each attempt proved larger than the designers expected, DARPA said. The X-61As instead deployed parachutes to recover safely on the ground.

Fateful decisions loom in the next 12 months for a global fighter market caught up in a pivotal debate over how much to invest in each of three

The size and mass of the FCAS Next-Generation Fighter is driving the need for a big-deck carrier.

With a Cobham drogue pod installed on the left-wing, inboard station for the 2.5-hr. flight, Boeing analyzed the aerodynamics of the company-owned T1 test asset for the MQ-25.

UAVs pioneer AeroVironment late Dec. 8 announced it has struck a deal to acquire Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik, a German provider of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for defense and security, for about $45.4 million (€37.5 million) in cash.

As many airlines, manufacturers and suppliers around the world fight for survival after the impact of the pandemic, could they be breathing a sigh of relief at

The French, German and Spanish air forces have narrowed down a list of potential architectures for the European Future Combat Air System to five.

Airbus says it is preparing to ramp up for development of the EuroDrone medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air system after the four nations involved in the project provisionally agreed on a contract for development, production and in-service support of the platform.