Aircraft & Propulsion

The German Navy has turned to private contractors to train pilots for its Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrollers.

The British Army has taken delivery of its first two remanufactured AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.

Germany has formally placed orders for 31 NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters (NFH) to replace its Westland Sea Lynx fleet.

Pilot training and simulator leader CAE of Canada is buying the Canadian-based assets of TRU Simulation + Training from Textron for $40 million in cash, the companies announced Nov. 25.

A human pilot dogfighting against an AI-controlled adversary takes the step from virtual simulation to live flight.

The U.S. Air Force has completed its evaluation of the interim KC-46 Remote Vision System upgrade and will integrate “a few capabilities” while waiting for the full replacement, the service acquisition executive says.

Lockheed Martin is to develop a schoolhouse for aircrew and maintainers serving with a new Franco-German C-130J Hercules unit.

Lockheed Martin is to develop a schoolhouse for aircrew and maintainers serving with a new Franco-German C-130J Hercules unit.

Croatia is to purchase three multimission helicopters for civil protection missions with the help of grants provided by the European Union.

The Army’s construction branch is gearing up to support a $245 million to $385 million project to establish a maintenance and operations complex for the first operational squadron.

Helicopter operations have managed to resist the affects of the coronavirus pandemic, but customers are delaying investment decisions for new rotorcraft, according to Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even.

The long-awaited contract signature for the development of the European Medium Altitude, Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Air System, or EuroDrone, should come in early 2021 after the program passed a key negotiation hurdle.

Germany has approved the acquisition of new shipborne helicopters to replace the Lynx in the latest multibillion euro purchase announced by Berlin this year.

Will Greece buy the F-35?; Missile defense milestone; U.S. Navy considers new trainer; and Raytheon employee disciplined.

Airbus Helicopters says it is ready to partner and cooperate in the development of a new rotorcraft for NATO allies.

Airbus Helicopters hopes to launch development of a midlife upgrade for the Tiger attack helicopter by year's end.

Rolls-Royce is proposing that Britain and Japan jointly develop an engine for their separate fighter programs, while the defense ministry in Tokyo reportedly reckons its combat aircraft project will cost at least $12 billion.

A request for information published on Oct. 30 by the U.S. Navy’s program executive office for submarine combat and weapons control revealed that the Naval Sea Systems Command is in the market research phase for a new SLUAS capability.

The French Ministry of Armed Forces is ordering seven modified Falcon 2000 LXS twinjets from Dassault Aviation that will be used for maritime patrol missions.

Airbus is proposing final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon in Switzerland as part of its bid in the country’s Air2030 fighter contest.

Lockheed Martin's offer for Switzerland's fighter contract includes the first time the company has offered a tailored local assembly option for the F-35 that stops short of a long-term final assembly and checkout facility.

The UK is to develop a Space Command and continue to pursue the development of a Future Combat Air System called Tempest as part of a dramatic uptick in defense spending.

The U.S. Navy has approached industry to look at options for a surrogate training aircraft that could eventually double as an adversary platform.

Bidders in Switzerland’s Air2030 fighter contest have submitted their best and final offers.

Lithuania has signed contracts to purchase U.S.-supplied Black Hawk helicopters to replace Soviet-era rotorcraft.