Aircraft & Propulsion

A deadly Lockheed Martin TU-2S crash during a pilot evaluation flight last year has been blamed on pilot error.

With a limited budget and a strategic need for airpower, the U.S. Air Force is weighing its future fighter fleet options. Our editors discuss the idea of retiring National Guard F-15s in favor of upgrading F-16s.

U.S. Air Force F-35s arrived at RAF Lakenheath, UK, on Saturday, marking the F-35A’s first overseas deployment.

Eurofighter continues hunt for orders, as production reaches 500-aircraft milestone.

The aircraft will conduct training with other Europe-based U.S. and NATO aircraft for the next few weeks as part of the European Reassurance Initiative.

The Army is crunching data to prove whether the Lakota is delivering a better aviator.

The new version of Leonardo’s advanced jet trainer, called the M-346FA (Fighter Attack), is currently flying in prototype form.

CAE uses Grob G 120TPs and simulator motherships for an innovative Army training program.

Introduction of Japan’s new airlifter into service is greatly boosting capacity, because the type is replacing the much smaller C-1. A proposed civil version has been dropped, however.

"Robust," "effective" and "versatile" are three words that come to our test pilot’s mind after two sorties in this new-generation counterinsurgency aircraft.

Boeing Phantom Works sees its joint development of the TX next-generation training aircraft with Saab as how it would approach the development of future front-line fighters.

The service must weigh risks posed by a short-term capability gap against moving more rapidly to a modern combat air fleet.

If Leonardo wins the coveted U.S. Air Force contract for the next-generation T-X trainer, the T-100 would be built at a new facility in Alabama.

Capability and cost will be important factors in the tiny nation’s decision to replace 54 F-16s with 34 new fighters.

The two countries will tell each other what they want from a future fighter and what technology they have. Then they will consider studying a joint program.

With Leonardo’s North American arm replacing Raytheon as prime, the T-100 bid for the U.S. Air Force’s coveted $16 billion T-X contract will come in at a lower price, according to a top company executive.

The Air Force hopes a new crop of young pilots will help take the F-35 to the next level

The French government is making a last-ditch effort to get Malaysia to order Dassault Rafales ahead of a planned visit by its president to the Southeast Asian nation.

The proposed investment in the Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter signals the administration’s seriousness about moving quickly to modernize the service’s tactical fighter fleet beyond the stealthy F-35.

Textron Aviation has officially decided that it cannot compete for the U.S. Air Force’s $16 billion next-generation training aircraft program with the company’s Scorpion.

The Air Force has tried to buy a light-attack aircraft before, and the plan fell victim to budget constraints. Will this time be different?

Paying up front will cut Lightning costs, says the program office. So will a steady production ramp-up—and multiyear orders.

Can the U.S. Air Force’s air refueling fleet keep up with the warfighter?

The Joint Strike Fighter project should be able to beat its 2019 price target for Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning aircraft, says program chief Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan.

Defense ministry fighter developers have completed studies of configurations and feasibility for India’s proposed stealth aircraft. They are awaiting a go-ahead for full-scale development.