Aircraft & Propulsion

SNC’s Freedom proposal looks to revive a carrier-representative landing practice requirement for the T-45 replacement.

Far from ending Russia’s interest in attack helicopters, the Ukraine War has taught Moscow that it needs them with more speed and range.

Ukraine has pitched a $50 billion proposal to the White House to supply 50 million drones over a five-year period.

German defense engineering company AMDC says it has demonstrated the use of a first-person-view (FPV) interceptor to bring down a drone.

KAI has revealed a standoff jammer aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet, developed in partnership with Hanwha Systems.

New Zealand’s has selected the Sikorsky MH-60R to replace its Kaman SH-2G(I) Seasprite helicopters and the Airbus A321XLR to replace Boeing 757-2K2 transports.

The acquisition, which still requires formal Israeli government approval, would bring the Israeli Air Force's KC-46 fleet to six aircraft.

Israel’s Defense Ministry says it is buying drones from local provider Xtend to equip ground forces.

Indra next year plans to commence flight tests of a new self-protection suite for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in its final configuration.

While Portugal’s effort to replace its F-16 fleet have dragged on, other elements of the Portuguese Air Force’s 5.3 Modernization Plan are progressing more smoothly.

Airbus Defense and Shield AI recently conducted the first flight of an H145 helicopter powered by Hivemind artificial intelligence.

The French Air Force has deployed the newly modernized Dassault Mirage 2000D to East Africa, the first deployment of the midlife upgrade operational in April.

China has flown its first full-scale crewed tiltrotor aircraft, developed by state-owned company AVIC.

The homegrown LUS-222 is intended to lift Portugal into the global aircraft market.

F-35 purchases by European countries are back in the spotlight as Spain scraps procurement plans and Switzerland wrestles with a $1.6 billion cost surge.

The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry input on the airframe for the Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) after reimagining the original concept.

Grid Aero is developing an autonomous cargo UAV that can fly thousands of miles and carry thousands of pounds of payload for the U.S. military.

The UK issued an urgent request for information to industry for a low-cost means to engage jet-powered one-way-attack drones Russia is using against Ukraine.

Drone manufacturer Red Cat Holdings expects it would significantly benefit from a possible U.S. ban on the use of UAVs made by China’s DJI, the company said.

Western defense primes continue to play an important role in Turkish modernization plans, but Turkey will increasingly rely on domestic purchases, resulting in a 12% increase in the number of in-service Turkish military aircraft from 1,269 today to around 1,467 in 2035.

Autonomous flight system developer Merlin is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Boston-based startup at $800 million.

Ukrainian front-line troops received the first 1,000 first person view drones less than two weeks after a newly launched online weapons marketplace started processing orders.

Poland accounted for more than half of the $11.9 million in export sales in Taiwan’s drone sector recorded in the first half of the year.

The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.

The country placed the foreign military sales order for 12 aircraft in 2022.