Aircraft & Propulsion

U.S. Air Force researchers want proposals for new automation technologies that would allow boom-equipped uncrewed aircraft to refuel crewed aircraft.

First in line among the Austrian Air Force’s modernization priorities is the replacement of Austria’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet, which remains in the earliest T1 configuration.

Daedalean, a Swiss developer of certifiable artificial-intelligence (AI)-based avionics, is to be acquired by Destinus Group.

Several NATO countries have become the first to contribute to the new PURL initiative to arm Ukraine with U.S.-made defense equipment.

The UK is proceeding with a program to replace its Grob G115 Tutor elementary training aircraft and plans to launch a formal tender next October.

The People’s Liberation Army Navy has dropped its strongest hint yet that flight operations have commenced onboard its newest aircraft carrier Fujian.

Electro Optic Systems says it has secured a deal to provide a counter-drone laser system to an undisclosed European buyer.

Iran's foreign minister is being sued by Bell Textron over a little-known dispute over helicopter storage fees dating back to the Iranian Revolution of the late 1970s.

Airbus Helicopters has flown the second prototype of its new H140 twin-engine light helicopter.

The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has begun testing the Schiebel S-100 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system as a potential complement to its crewed helicopters.

Boeing machinists at the company’s defense and space facilities in Missouri and Illinois voted Aug. 3 to strike.

China demonstrated the datalink handoff feature of air-to-air missiles between multiple Chengdu J-10C fighters during a recent training exercise.

The South African government has launched a new border surveillance project which uses drones to detect criminal activities and coordinate security responses.

Pakistan has formally inducted the Chinese-built Changhe Z-10ME attack helicopter, marking the first known export of the type.

KAI has revealed that a future variant of the KF-21 fighter will feature an internal weapons bay capable of housing a 2,000-lb. guided bomb.

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The Pentagon’s efforts to speed up production of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider might take a hit under a Senate Appropriations Committee proposal.

Taiwan’s drone exports jumped 749% in the first half of the year, with Poland accounting for more than half of the $11.9 million in sales.

Taiwan’s National Airborne Service Corps will modernize its Airbus AS-365 Dauphin fleet under a recapitalization program, including acquiring five more.

Pyka has won a firm order for 60 autonomous crop duster aircraft to be sold to a Brazilian distributor.

Indonesia’s domestically developed Elang Hitam (Black Eagle) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) completed its first flight on July 28.

German aerospace researcher John Lou has made a name for himself as a thought leader in advanced air mobility circles. Now, he's developing a battlefield drone.

Rolls-Royce says the engine that is due to power the Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X has completed “all major engine certification tests.”

Safran expects to double sales from defense and space activities by the end of the decade, fueled by increasing military spending, CEO Olivier Andriès says.

The U.S. Air Force’s first F-15EX unit pushes through the fighter variant’s growing pains.