Aircraft & Propulsion

Luxembourg’s armed forces have taken delivery of their first fixed-wing aircraft: an Airbus A400M airlifter.

Australia will consider the Block 2 upgrade of the Boeing EA-18G Growler as part of a regular program of keeping aircraft common with those of the U.S. Navy, the defense department in Canberra said.

U.S. Army, Luftwaffe, an undisclosed European military and the United Arab Emirates armed forces each boosted the fortunes of the special mission derivative market for large business jets this year.

Azerbaijan is making extensive use of UAVs and Israeli-made loitering munitions in renewed fighting against Armenia.

Deliveries of Russia’s new Ilyushin Il-112V light transport aircraft have been delayed again as designers try to reduce its weight. According to Denis Manturov, minister of industry and trade, first deliveries of the serial airframes are now expected to start in 2023.

Britten-Norman, Blue Bear Team On Automated Islander Tony Osborne, [email protected] LONDON–British aircraft OEM Britten-Norman and unmanned system technology company Blue Bear Systems Research have teamed up to automate Britten-Norman’s Islander twin-engine utility aircraft.

Turkey has shrugged off Canada’s decision to halt the transfer of electro-optical camera systems for use on domestically developed unmanned aircraft systems.

Rotary-wing leasing firm Milestone Aviation has become the first lessor to order Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium rotorcraft.

Recovering, reflying SpaceX Falcon 9s will save Space Force $53 million.

Interservice Roles Dispute Erupts As Army Defines Vision For Long-Range Targeting

Preparation for the information age means a generational change for the operating concept of the British Armed Forces.

Washington-based Meta Aerospace has acquired four Boeing KC-135Rs from the Singapore government to offer aerial refueling services to the U.S. government.

A new era of ubiquitous teaming between manned and unmanned military aircraft is not far away.

Ask the Editors: Software has made great strides, but pilots are still needed to handle complex missions in the real world.

Safran has added Spain’s ITP Aero to its team developing a new turboprop engine from the Ardiden 3 turboshaft.

A Boeing loyal-wingman drone under development in Australia may be assembled in the northeastern state of Queensland.

Electronic warfare programs feature prominently in the Japanese defense ministry’s request for funding for the next fiscal year.

U.S. Army Funds Research Into Multifuel Engines For UAVs Graham Warwick, [email protected] Technology enabling unmanned aircraft engines to run on whatever type of fuel is locally available is to be developed under an $11.4 million grant awarded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

Doubling Reaper’s firepower; Rats undermine Triton comms; Will Kazakhstan buy A400Ms?; and Russia receives new Mi-28s.

Despite a wafer-thin majority in Sept. 27’s fighter referendum, the Swiss government can begin its $6.5 billion fighter procurement.

The 12 vertical takeoff and landing UAS with six ground stations are included in an MDA system worth an estimated $417 million, the State Department has announced.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected UK-based Marshall Aerospace and Defense Group to perform depot-level maintenance on its fleet of Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules.

The U.S. Air Force has halted delivery of one KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the 157th Air Refueling Wing because of “electrical problems,” according to a U.S. senator.

The AFRL calls the UAS chassis the “genus” system, referencing the biological taxonomy for living organisms. Each genus can produce a variety of distinct species, which, in the AFRL’s terminology, refers to subordinate aircraft types.

Misfortune and its own missteps in culture, leadership and technology have sapped the British engine maker of its value.