Aircraft & Propulsion

R&D company UAVOS has revealed an improved version of Saudi Arabia’s Saker-1 medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system developed with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.

MHI does not expect the planned suspension of assembly operations to affect the delivery schedule.

Developers of the revived Stratolaunch carrier aircraft project aim to restart flight tests of the giant twin-fuselage mother ship in September as part of plans to provide a launch platform for rocket-powered hypersonic test vehicles.

Startup Jetoptera is reporting progress in its collaboration with General Electric in development of its Fluidic Propulsion System (FPS).

The F-35 joint program office has linked a proposed multibillion dollar sustainment package to a demand for Lockheed Martin to provide access to critical data at the back end of the multiyear deal.

Finnish procurement officials say they expect all five contenders in the country’s HX Fighter competition to remain in the race until the end.

Heavy-lift helicopter operator Erickson has secured FAA certification for a composite main rotor blade for its S-64 Aircrane.

Bristow is conducting search-and-rescue trials in the UK with an unmanned helicopter as it considers how to use the technology for future search-and-rescue contracts.

Boeing is offering a thrust-compounded helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Can Ireland continue to rely on its British neighbors to meet its air defense needs, or should it stand on its own two feet?

A trial for the program has transitioned into operational use.

As Boeing begins to manufacture T-7A Red Hawk engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) aircraft for Air Force testing, the company still is using its two production-representative jets to collect data.

An operational flight test trainer will reside at Moody AFB in Georgia and a weapon system trainer in Kirtland AFB in New Mexico.

“The really dangerous future” is autonomous drone warfare, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk said Feb. 28 during the annual Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando.

Despite ongoing problems with the Boeing KC-46, the U.S. Air Force is likely to continue to purchase the flawed aircraft at a rate of 15 per year, the service’s acquisition chief says.

Microturbine pioneer UAV Turbines (UAVT) has launched a lightweight, compact turbogenerator for on-demand ground power and auxiliary power applications.

The U.S. Air Force has named the HH-60W search-and-rescue helicopter the Jolly Green II five months after it was green lighted for low-rate initial production.

“We are looking at other options from China in the form of the Z-10ME,” Maj. Gen. Syed Najeeb Ahmed, commander of Pakistani Army Aviation, told the International Military Helicopter conference here in London.

The U.S. Air Force decided to buy two A-29s for further experimentation after canceling a planned acquisition of up to 350 Light Air Support aircraft.

As options for an F-22 replacement after 2030 continue to be analyzed, the distance challenges imposed by operations in the Pacific theater are driving the U.S. Air Force to consider redefining the traditional conception of a fighter, the head of Air Combat Command said on Feb. 27.

U.S. Navy Fire Scouts need reliability boost; India buys U.S. helos; Norway sends F-35s to Iceland; Tunisia to buy light attack aircraft.

Somewhere in Australia, Boeing and partners are building a loyal-wingman drone. A photo of a fuselage major assembly reveals details.

Germany is looking to purchase as many as 60 additional Airbus H145M twin-engine light helicopters to meet training, liaison and light attack needs.

Collins Aerospace has completed the first preproduction training pod for the U.S. Navy under the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II program to replace Navy and Marine Corps’ training range infrastructure.

Tunisia has been cleared to buy four armed AT-6Cs four months after the U.S. State Department authorized a sale of 12 trainer versions of the Textron aircraft.