Aircraft & Propulsion

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has submitted an A-10 synthetic aperture radar improvements amendment to the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill.

Boeing defense chief talks about increased introspection, the impact of COVID-19 on the market and plans for the KC-46.

The first Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) destined for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has arrived at its home base in the Netherlands.

DARPA plans to launch a program to fly an X-plane designed around active flow control.

The second batch, reportedly totaling 20 aircraft, will be used as lead-in fighter trainers.

U.S.-Spanish startup Skydweller Aero is opening offices in Oklahoma as the company pushes its solar-powered medium-altitude pseudo satellite for potential U.S. government requirements.

The civil war in Libya is morphing into a fluid security situation. Russian military aircraft have arrived to support private contractors backed by the Russian

General Atomics has demonstrated the first launch and control of small, air-dropped UAS from an MQ-1C.

Ask the Editors: Aviation Week data shows the U.S. military operates about three times as many manned aircraft as the Chinese military.

An acceptance ceremony was held at Airbus’ facility in Getafe, near Madrid, on June 29, ready for its delivery flight to the MMU’s main operating base of Eindhoven, Netherlands, planned for June 30.

The Brazilian air force on June 27 accepted delivery of the third operational Embraer KC-390 tanker-transport, Air Lieutenant Brigadier Carlos de

U.S. lawmakers have intervened to stop the Defense Department from ending production of the P-8A until the last two squadrons of Navy Reserve P-3Cs

An attempt by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to acquire a new light attack aircraft has met with sharp scrutiny in the program’s first

The Arsenal Plane concept is the focus of a new partnership between the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office and the U.S. Air Force.

Boeing says Morocco will become the 17th operator of its AH-64E Apache following the signing of a contract to purchase 24 of the attack helicopters.

Two factors caused the first pre-production aircraft accident just before the fighter was to be delivered to the Russian military.

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

A proposal by the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to authorize the Defense Department to buy 79 Lockheed Martin F-35s in fiscal

A sources-sought notice released by the U.S. Army June 23 keeps the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition on track for the release of the request for proposals next year and lays out new details of aircraft deliveries needed during the development phase and the first lot of low-rate initial production.

Only a month after revealing the existence and operational deployment of the Long Endurance Aircraft Program (LEAP), U.S. Special Operations Command has started shopping for a new aircraft for the role.

Will UK upgrade F-35s?; OPIR satellite payload progress; UK-Qatar fighter unit operational; and new CMV-22s deployed.

The U.S. Navy plans to soon begin demonstrations of candidates for a small, shipboard unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that could lead to a $1 billion program of record.

Japan’s National Police Agency has ordered an H225 twin-engine heavy helicopter and four H135 twin-engine light helicopters from Airbus.

Tupolev has released specifications and a seven-year schedule for completing design of a 30-seat, supersonic business jet, which includes flying a testbed aircraft possibly derived from the Tu-160 bomber.

The U.S. Navy on June 22 delivered the first Bell Boeing CMV-22 Osprey to an operational squadron at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.