Aircraft & Propulsion

NATO alliance wants AFSC ready for 2035 when its Boeing E-3 Sentries are finally retired.

As new details about a next-generation engine for Russia’s premier Su-57 fighter emerge, new concerns are apparent as well.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

The F-35 Joint Program Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.9 billion contract on Jan. 6 to maintain the global Lightning II fleet, support training and expand capacity for producing spares and repairing components.

The Alliance Ground System program has faced off political, programmatic, legal and technical hurdles.

NATO has taken the first steps toward replacing its fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning platforms.

A new U.S. Army program will demo an intel-collecting system with three powerful sensing capabilities in one year and attempt to field the system on a new airborne surveillance fleet starting in five years.

Japan is allowing three years to tighten the concept design for the NGF. The latest drawing suggests heightened emphasis on range.

The value of international arms transfers around the globe grew by about 65% from 2007 to 2017.

U.S. Air Force is seeking information on commercial eVTOL vehicles that could be fielded within three years.

The U.S. Army has outlined its vision of a mission system architecture for its Future Vertical Lift platforms that will allow upgrades to be fielded rapidly to counter emerging threats and overcome obsolescence over their life cycle.

Contenders for Finland’s fighter competition will be put through their paces in January and February in the Nordic nation’s challenging climate. The

Digital backbone for FVL; USAF eyes eVTOL; autonomous ag aircraft; drone deliveries in industrial park; better carbon fiber for space.

Greek demonstrations promote the General Atomics Reaper’s maritime patrol capabilities.

Lockheed Martin delivered 134 F-35s overall in 2019 to slightly exceed expectations.

For its next fighter Japan should choose an adaptation of the F-22 with a larger wing and avionics from the F-35, the U.S. Mitchell Institute argues.

The U.S. Army has revealed a future mission for the MQ-1C unmanned aircraft system (UAS) fleet.

Japan’s defense ministry has proposed to start working with a foreign partner on the country’s Next Generation Fighter.

Embraer has demonstrated the ability of the KC-390 to drop heavy cargo loads at low speed.

The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates and U.K. have signed orders for Boeing to remanufacture a total of 47 AH-64 Apache helicopters to the E-model standard.

The U.S. Navy has formed an F-35 maintenance team that can respond to a crisis at a moment’s notice.

A key piece of the EA-18G’s first major upgrade since the airborne electronic attack aircraft entered service a decade ago is now under contract

Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace has signed a $221 million contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense for nine P.180 Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft.

The first delivery of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter is likely to be postponed after the aircraft crashed Dec. 24 during a test flight.

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.