Aircraft & Propulsion

Possible changes to the NH90 helicopter include more payload, enhanced electro-optical system and teaming with unmanned aircraft.

Just off the coast of San Diego on the USS America, the JSF is fundamentally changing the way the U.S. Marine Corps operates from amphibious assault ships.

Company offers to make an advanced version of its Super Hornet in India for its air force and export customers.

The F-15 and F/A-18 production lines could extend into the early-2020s with fleet-size orders from Qatar and Kuwait.

There is renewed focus on Tranche 1 Eurofighters as air forces look at how to keep them in service for the long-haul.

Surveying the Navy’s diverse new weapons portfolio, from the LRASM anti-ship cruise missile to extended-range versions of Harpoon and JSOW.

Britain’s Chinook Digital Automatic Flight Control System upgrade will bring the oldest of Chinooks to the capability of its newest.

Two companies offering airborne aggressor services vie for 10-year contract from Canadian Armed Forces.

Defense training by commercial operators is commonplace in Europe, but aerial aggressor work has yet to take off.

The first operational F-35A squadron’s participation in an upcoming theater security package will signal the U.S. military’s capability and credibility.

Private companies in the U.S. are buying up whole fleets of F-5s, A-4s, MiG-21s and F-16s to fly "bandit" training forces.

Aviation Week visited the U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron to get an inside look at how maintainers fixed a problem with faulty insulation on the aircraft’s avionics cooling lines.

In this week’s roundup: the U.S. reports $33 billion in foreign sales; Indian council recommends the purchase of 83 more Tejas combat aircraft; Boeing wins electronic warfare upgrade contract; and Indonesia considers Gripen and F-16 fighters.

The Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman to build a beam-control system for a self-defense laser it hopes to deploy on fighters.

Exercise Bersama Lima 16, held in Malaysia Oct. 4-21, provided the first opportunity for RAF Typhoons to be pitched against the Su-30MKMs of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Despite potential schedule and cost growth, the service is “comfortable” that Northrop’s B-21 will meet the technical requirements at a reasonable price.

The new U.S. president will likely have to choose between upgrading the nuclear arsenal and funding critical conventional weapons replacement programs.

The U.S. Air Force will kick off its analysis of alternatives for a future air superiority jet in January with an eye toward enemy threats beyond 2030 and beyond the Russian T-50 and Chinese J-20.

The new battlefield necessitates a short-takeoff, lower-signature—if not fully stealthy—refueling aircraft that moves away from the commercial-derivative tankers of years past, Lockheed Martin says.

Textron is hoping its early Scorpion production run, and participation in a new U.S. Air Force accreditation process, will help attract buyer.

An Australian parliamentary panel calls for “a hedging strategy to address the risk of a capability gap resulting from further delays to the acquisition of the F-35A.”

After almost two decades of development, the GPS-based Joint Precision Approach and Landing System is on the final stretch to deployment on U.S. Navy ships that will operate the F-35 JSF and unmanned MQ-25 Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling System

After ditching its Common Vertical Lift Support Platform program in 2013 and shying away from two Black Hawk plans, the Air Force is about to try again to replace the vintage UH-1N Huey.

Autonomous aerial, surface and underwater vehicles gathered in Scotland for a technological showcase.

Now that India has reset the clock on replacing its Ilyushin Il-78MKIs, look to Boeing to enter its 767-based KC-46 tanker and Airbus to try to revive A330 MRTT deal.