Aircraft & Propulsion

The next step for the service’s light-attack capability? Probably a combat trial.

The U.S. Air Force insists the experiment is not a competition, but rivalry between the four light attack contenders was on full display.

UK Royal Air Force sees new training fleet as opportunity to increase pilot throughput.

The reach of a fully realized technology transfer program can be vast, enabling leaps in learning and the restructuring of organizations.

Excerpts from Aviation Week’s recent podcast debate between an F-35 pilot and a long-time critic of the program.

The agricultural aircraft manufacturer and L3 have teamed to develop Longsword for reconnaissance and light attack.

Design for stealth has reshaped combat aircraft, evolving from flat facets to smooth curves. And another change is coming with the need to defeat a wider range of threats.

The Air Force Research Laboratory could soon decide which contract will supply the high-power laser for flight testing on a Boeing F-15.

Aviation Week’s defense team discusses how Europe’s defense partnerships are evolving.

Interest is mounting in a potential new fleet of low-cost, light-attack aircraft the U.S. and international allies could use to fight terrorists in the Middle East.

MiG-35 and Mi-38 are in, Zhukovsky is out as Moscow air show MAKS 2017 highlights Russian military orders for new aircraft and news of a new location for the 2019 show.

Two experts on combat aircraft with two very different perspectives on the F-35 debate the pros and cons of the Pentagon’s costliest and most controversial fighter.

Two experts on combat aircraft return for additional debate about the quality of testing and ultimate cost of the Joint Strike Fighter.

The Russian military intends to buy more Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and Tu-160M2 bombers while next-generation systems continue development.

The Navy is looking more closely at the quality of the bleed air that comes off the T-45’s engine as a possible cause of hypoxia.

IHI Corp. has delivered a core demonstrator for a fighter engine that will be more than three times as powerful as any Japan has previously developed.

Stealth aircraft may be good at limiting detection by radar, and while designers are also getting better at concealing an infrared signature, sensor technology is catching up. Listen in as our editors discuss.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is beginning to train U.S. Air Force pilots to fly the A-29 “Super Tucano” for the service’s upcoming OA-X light attack/observation aircraft appraisal.

Winning New Delhi’s fighter competition is currently Lockheed Martin’s best chance to keep F-16 production alive into the next decade

Russia is trying to reform, reorganize and civilianize its military-industry complex to face new geopolitical realities.

U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. Air Force to sustain or accelerate fielding of its T-X trainer and consider ditching the General Atomics Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper in favor of the company’s newer MQ-9B.

Lockheed Martin hopes to leave behind the F-35’s troubled past and shift the focus to the battlefield. The Paris display may not silence the critics, but it certainly changed the conversation.

As part of a tradeoff for reduced deliveries, the French Air Force gets a pumped-up combat aircraft.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn is putting the F-35A through its paces at Le Bourget this week. The flight demonstration is carefully scripted to highlight the kinematic capabilities of the F-35A, particularly its slow-speed handling qualities, according to Flynn.

Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn says the flight demonstration is carefully scripted to highlight the kinematic capabilities of the F-35A, particularly its slow-speed handling qualities.