Aircraft & Propulsion

It could come down to a matter of timing, as the U.S. Army balances its requirements for new armed reconnaissance and long-range assault rotorcraft.

Boeing has received the first installment of $2.38 billion the U.S. Air Force will spend on the Huey replacement effort.

Can Lockheed Martin’s global production system meet ambitious delivery, pricing targets?

Through two phases of its Blueprint for Affordability program, Lockheed Martin has saved $5 billion over the program life cycle with a $250 million investment.

Fundamental change for ETPS coming with new fleet and modernized learning processes.

The decision to upgrade to the AH-64E makes the Netherlands the second European nation to follow this path, after the UK.

Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Leonardo and Sikorsky are likely contenders to supply or help develop a new Japanese attack helicopter.

Adaptive-engine deal modified to focus on technology for sixth-generation fighter needs as parts arrive for building GE’s first XA100 demonstrator.

Spanish ministers have approved the purchase of up to 23 more NH90 utility helicopters and may soon OK a program to buy new Chinook transport helicopters.

The air force’s Pegase mission promoted French aircraft exports, as well as sending a message to China about the South China Sea.

With completion of development flight-testing, the Lockheed Martin-led team provides a deep dive into the engineering effort behind developing the F-35.

The F-35B exists because of its commonality with the F-35A and F-35C, but all three variants are better aircraft because of the STOVL version challenges.

Turkish Aerospace has performed the first flight of its T625 twin-engine medium helicopter.

Nuclear mission is likely to be a critical element in Brussels’ future fighter thinking.

Since the first flight of the fifth-generation stealth fighter, the defense ministry has scaled back plans for its purchase.

Piecing together the U.S. Air Force’s emerging initiatives to revamp the 1950s-era bomber for long-range strike missions.

The U.S. Navy is working on various challenges for the last of the Joint Strike Fighter versions, still hoping to have it ready for battle by early next year.

The $805 million contract is just the start of what might blossom into $7 billion in carrier-based, aerial refueling tanker work.

Hypersonic weapons testing and fielding will enhance the B-52H’s long-range strike capability.

Coalition airpower has helped deplete the so-called Islamic State terrorist group’s presence in Iraq and Syria.

New urgency, linked to engine sustainability and need for outsize hypersonic weapon launch capability, drives potential acceleration of B-52H reengining plan.

Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the first prototype of its T625 twin-engine medium utility helicopter.

The DOD has notified Capitol Hill of an updated “concurrency” cost estimate for F-35 low rate initial production lots 1-12 that has declined by 2%.

A graduate student team from the University of Maryland and Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics in China has won a competition to design a reconfigurable VTOL aircraft.

Funding has been identified for a fly-off between competing armed scout rotorcraft prototypes and will not impact the budget for development of a replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk, the U.S. Army says.