Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s AW139 twin-engine medium helicopter has been ordered by Colombia’s air force for VVIP duties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Steve Trimble
Countering small unmanned aircraft systems poses a puzzling challenge for the Pentagon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first of 55 modernized Dassault Mirage 2000Ds has been delivered to the French Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Embraer is seeking to expand a portfolio of platforms with a family of UAS and a hybrid-electric-powered military transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Lockheed will provide MHI with system integration support, defense ministry says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The United Nations is calling on member states to reduce the potential risk of civilian aircraft being shot down while flying in conflict zones or regions of military tension.
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
The Counter-Small UAS Strategy published on Jan. 7 sets the stage for spending decisions on new programs in future budgets aimed at tackling the difficult problem of identifying hostile small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Stratcom may revamp nuclear airborne command post; Lockheed’s next OPIR tranche; GlobalEyes for UAE; and Romanian mission for MQ-9s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK, Italian and Swedish governments have signed a trilateral memorandum that paves the way for the three countries to jointly develop the next-generation Tempest combat air system to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
France is buying three E-2D airborne early warning aircraft for a maximum of $2 billion from the U.S. Navy, making the country the second international customer of the carrier-capable aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
GA-ASI will modify two company-owned Avengers with the Skyborg autonomous control system integrated by Leidos, the Skyborg Design Agent, for flight tests planned this year and in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK has contracted with MBDA for the production of its Spear 3 network enabled air-to-ground missile which will become the primary weapon of the UK’s F-35 fleet.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Options for replacing the Looking Glass airborne command post, or "Doomsday," mission must be survivable, but not necessarily airborne, the head of Strategic Command says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Personnel at Nellis AFB in Nevada are preparing to welcome two F-35s this summer as part of a fifth-generation aircraft aggressor unit, the 57th wing commander said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has moved MQ-9 aircraft and 90 personnel to Romania to provide additional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability in the Balkans and Black Sea for NATO operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
One of the Royal Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft will be converted from a 737 previously flown by a Chinese operator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK has declared its carrier strike capability operational, paving the way for the first operational cruise of new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in the spring.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Greece is turning to Israel’s Elbit to provide the country with a new fast jet pilot training system in a deal potentially worth $1.68 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S.’s 30-year shipbuilding plan will weigh the merits of massive aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Saab has secured a long-awaited $1.01 billion follow-on order from the United Arab Emirates for two more GlobalEye swing-role surveillance aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first battlefield and naval warfare variants of the NH90 helicopter on order for Qatar have made their first flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Italian Air Force has taken delivery of its first two Leonardo M-345 jet trainers as part of a modernization of the country’s fast jet training fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion