Aircraft & Propulsion

By Samuel Archer
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By Brandon Patrick
In total, nearly 150 more Bayrkatar TB2 UAVs are expected to enter service in the coming decade.
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By Brian Everstine
Adm. Daryl Caudle, the nominee to be the U.S. Navy's next Chief of Naval Operations, has warned against not proceeding with the F/A-XX fighter program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first domestically produced warplane appears to be making steady progress towards service entry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has identified MUM-T as a critical enabler for future attack helicopter operations, as KAI's Marine Attack Helicopter continues validation trials.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force has deployed six Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighter jets in response to cross-border rocket and artillery attacks by Cambodian forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Airbus has kicked off flight trials of the militarized version of the H160 helicopter in development for the French Armed Forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
“We have no lessons to learn from arrogant industrialists,” says Defense Minister Theo Francken in response to Dassault's comments about Belgium and FCAS.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A joint U.S./UK program is testing safety technology on the Lockheed Martin F-35 that is aimed at avoiding collisions between military and civilian aircraft in the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Turkish uncrewed aircraft system developer has secured orders from the country’s military for a rotary-wing logistics platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Indian Army has taken delivery of its first three Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters following a 15-month delay in the original delivery schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Boeing F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program has been set up in a way that U.S. Air Force Gen. David Allvin wishes he could have a time machine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Ben Goldstein
MagniX will start experimenting with electric propulsion for turbine-powered rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Belgium has no solid basis to become a full partner in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Éric Trappier says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
Defense officials in the U.S., UK and Europe are grappling with what comes next for airborne early warning systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Turkey has signed an MOU with the UK that could lead to a Eurofighter Typhoon purchase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
A planned B-52 bomber flyover that caused a SkyWest Airlines regional jet to perform a go-around near Minot, North Dakota, was operating with FAA approval.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Northrop Grumman is in talks with the Pentagon about potentially accelerating the production ramp-up of the B-21 bomber and speeding the Sentinel ICBM effort.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Ann Shay
The Brazilian OEM details its biggest quarterly backlog and second-quarter aircraft deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Denmark says it has agreed to buy four General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As the U.S. Marine Corps aviation branch shuffles its tactical aviation force structure, the XQ-58 suddenly looms large in force structure plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Turkey is nearing an agreement to acquire Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, according to people familiar with the talks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Confirmed details are still scant, but a recent congressional disclosure suggests the U.S. Navy has a powerful new tool coming into existence.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Terma says it has struck an agreement with Ukrainian drone-maker Odd Systems to jointly work on a system to bring down uncrewed air systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has set up a foreign military sales office amid some international interest in the Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf.
Aircraft & Propulsion