Aircraft & Propulsion

Airbus Helicopters has begun flight trials of its Project Eagle imaging sensor that could pave the way for fully autonomous landings.

With development of the MiG-35 almost complete, pilotless aircraft pose a new challenge for Russia’s MiG bureau.

Eastern European governments open their coffers for new defense equipment in response to forceful moves from Russia.

The Qatar deal was also good news for MBDA, allowing it to secure a long-awaited first export customer for its Brimstone air-to-ground missile.

Bell-Boeing is gearing up to induct the first of more than 250 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors into a program that will standardize the fleet.

Boeing stands to lose a golden opportunity to replace Canada’s aging fighter fleet with Super Hornets.

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 appears to have emerged the real winner from Boeing’s rift with Canada over Bombardier’s C Series passenger jetliner.

Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Army are planning to fly a CH-47 Chinook fitted with the T408 turboshaft from the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion.

Britain’s F-35 land base is scheduled to be ready for arrival of the first aircraft next summer.

The U.S. military’s air operations center in the Middle East is reaping the benefits of computer software developed by the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley office.

The USAF has grounded the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II training aircraft at Vance AFB after five pilots reported physiological episodes with hypoxia-like symptoms.

The first four of its 27-total F-35 purchase are slated to arrive in Denmark beginning next year.

The defense ministry says it has not decided on deciding: should it put off considering whether to develop an indigenous combat aircraft?

F-22 Raptor pilots say Russian fighters frequently fly within striking distance of coalition ground troops.

The main change relative to the previous design appears to be a reduction in the span of the wing and, as a result, its aspect ratio, or slenderness.

Following the fielding of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, the U.S. Navy is about to begin development of the MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker.

Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter is set to make its international debut at Berlin’s ILA air show in 2018 as the manufacturer and U.S. Marines intensify their marketing efforts for the heavy-lift rotorcraft.

The service’s wide-area maritime surveillance UAV, the MQ-4C, is about to undergo operational testing, as a forward operating base stands up on Guam. Photo: Northrop Grumman

Avionics and weapon systems upgrades have transformed the U.S. Air Force’s Vietnam-era B-52 bomber into a valuable intelligence asset.

Brazilian-Emirati partnership delivers new design light-attack aircraft in two years.

The United Arab Emirates appears to be all-in on the Joint Strike Fighter, but has yet to allay concerns over protecting sensitive information.

Despite the extraordinary gathering of fighter types at this year’s event, the so-called super-maneuverability flying display in the Su-35 is one of this year’s most eye-catching and eagerly anticipated.

Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky told ShowNews’ Maxim Pyadushkin about plans for the Middle East.

Approval of the UAE’s request to buy the F-35 hinges on the Gulf nation’s agreeing to take steps to protect the fighter’s sensitive technology and vast data bank of critical information.

The U.S. government is in the early stages of discussions about selling the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the UAE and other allies in the Persian Gulf, according to top brass.