Aircraft & Propulsion

After years of delay, the aerospace giant and its government customer are no closer to an agreement on when the new tanker will be ready for delivery.

Open systems standards will make future F-35 upgrades easier and more affordable, according to Harris Corp.

The Army’s future aviation force will be a mix of unmanned and optionally piloted platforms that can fly farther, faster and be as agile as today’s fleet.

The U.S. Army is shadowing Canada’s collaboration with Boeing on autonomous flight control technology. for the CH-147F.

Aircrew are still reporting dangerous, unexplained physiological episodes in the cockpit. And the service still has no idea why.

France has the lead role in the Franco-German future combat air system, but some, including the country’s financial watchdog, question equality of roles.

New European fighter will maintain Europe’s industrial capability but come with a hefty price tag. Cover photo: Tony Osborne/AW&ST

“We’re all-in, if we can get that capability at the appropriate cost," the vice chief of the Army says of Future Vertical Lift.

Priscilla “Pat” Handy Swenson is one of four women who served as a Sikorsky test pilot.

Bell expects the V-280 Valor to meet all the key performance parameters set by the U.S. Army under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator initiative “by the end of summer.”

DARPA cancellation of an ambitious VTOL X-plane program underlines the challenges facing industry in developing hybrid-electric and distributed-electric propulsion systems

The team aims to demo the tactical value of the coaxial-rotor compound helicopter to the medium-lift utility mission now performed by the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.

Bell aims to demonstrate that its advanced tiltrotor is affordable and has hover performance and low-speed agility equivalent to a helicopter.

France hopes to benefit from a favorable business climate to find Indian suppliers and joint ventures, but faces logistical challenges and stiff competition.

GE and a Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney team are developing competing engines to replace the GE T700 that currently powers the UH-60M and AH-64-E.

Sikorsky is hoping fly-by-wire and future growth capacity can secure international exports.

The U.S. Department of Defense is looking to inject competition into the supply chain as support costs mount.

In the three-way race to make an unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft, Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin have revealed new design details, including their choice of engine, and in one case, the ability to carry weapons.

New main rotor blade tips and an improved gearbox are in development for Sikorsky’s UH-60 Black Hawk.

The director of the Navy’s F-35C integration office sees no “showstoppers,” but challenges remain before the service can field the fighter operationally.

The Chilean air force (FACH) is set to take delivery of the first of a new batch of S-70i Black Hawks this summer.

Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin are vying to win the contract for the unmanned tanker. Cover: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin unveils previously classified flying-wing UAV demonstrator that is competing for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker role.

Brazilian Air Force gearing up for KC-390’s service entry this summer. Multi-role aircraft can drop paratroopers, fight fires and refuel aircraft.

Boeing is about to start an exhaustive effort to transition the U.S. Navy’s carrier air wing to the new-and-improved Block III Super Hornet.