Aircraft & Propulsion

The Pentagon plans to award contracts in April for three to five counter-small unmanned aircraft systems for use in the Middle East.

Boeing says it expects Berlin to issue a contract award for a fleet of 44-60 helicopters plus sustainment and training in 2021.

After years of decline, Russian helicopter factory prepares for historic growth.

Leonardo has won another key program in the U.S. Defense Department helicopter inventory.

First flight of Sierra Technical Services' Fifth Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) is scheduled for early 2020.

Thales and Leonardo, plans to study potential military uses of the Stratobus as part of a contract issued by the French defense materiel agency, DGA, and announced on Jan. 8.

Britain’s Royal Air Force is gearing up to establish a squadron that will fly the air arm’s first swarming drone unit.

The Swiss government has issued a second request for quotations for new combat aircraft and ground-based air defense systems.

U.S. Air Force will integrate the baseline version of the Northrop Grumman AARGM-ER on the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but as a testbed.

Singapore has opted to purchase the short takeoff and vertical landing version of the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Readers discuss small module reactors, the U.S.-NATO relationship, an unusual plan for a new midmarket airplane, and Latin letters in China.

Rolls-Royce says it is eyeing additional phases of its research into Embedded Electrical Starter Generator tech to look at advanced thermal management systems.

The U.S. Army is grappling with a $34 million reduction to its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype effort.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says initial intelligence points to an Iranian surface-to-air missile bringing down PS752.

A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has said the company is committed to its operations in the UK despite Brexit.

Bell has demonstrated for the first time the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor.

Lockheed Martin’s dominance will only increase over the forecast period, with their share rising from 41.4% to 47.8% of the global western fighter market

E-2D sustainment starts; Dassault prizes Rafale exports; Lockheed training center graduates first class; BAE fires long-range Spike.

The Bell V-280 Valor flies its first public demonstration of 2020 at Bell’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas.

Before he joined the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Daniel Prosser found he liked computer programming and simulations and was good at them.

The U.S. Navy has kicked off a pilot program focusing on better sustainment of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne surveillance aircraft.

Deliveries of Dassault’s Falcon business jets have hit a new bottom, at 40 in 2019.

Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the third prototype of its T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helo as it begins to accelerate the aircraft’s flight-test program.

Ukraine has begun taking delivery of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.