Aircraft & Propulsion

A newly released road map calls for Collaborative Combat Aircraft orders to begin this year, with new increments rolling out in roughly five-year intervals.

An interim Air Force One and SpaceX-modified Marine One are among the early Trump administration changes to the U.S. military’s VIP fleet.

Costs for USAF and Boeing’s plan to upgrade the radars on B-52 bombers have spiked to the level where it has prompted a mandatory review of the program.

German uncrewed aircraft manufacturer Quantum Systems has secured €160 million ($181 million) in new funding.

India appears to have suffered the first confirmed combat loss of a Dassault Rafale following airstrikes against targets in Pakistan.

Italy is considering joining Germany in introducing electronic attack versions of the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lt. Gen. Luca Goretti says.

Hensoldt sees growing demand in Europe opening new business prospects that could lead it to achieving 2030 sales 20% ahead of earlier projections.

China’s Air Force has completed a series of military drills in Egypt, ending one of the largest deployments of Chinese aircraft outside Asia.

Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.

India has carried out missile strikes on nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites in Pakistan in response to the April 24 terrorist attack in Kashmir.

The UK Royal Air Force is deploying StormShroud, its first autonomous collaborative platform, to jam and deceive enemy defenses.

The top U.S. Air Force officer says delivery is now expected in late 2026 of an overhauled remote vision system for the KC-46.

AeroVironment has unveiled the Red Dragon, a second-generation loitering munition with a more than 400 km (249 mi.) one-way range.

First delivery of the Royal Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft will now take place late this year.

Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency and MBDA have agreed to jointly explore innovative and low-cost solutions for countering UAS.

Northrop Grumman says an advanced inertial navigation device that could pave the way for precise hypersonic flight guidance in GPS-denied environments has flown successfully on Stratolaunch’s recently confirmed Talon-A Mach 5-plus test flights.

U.S. startup Whisper Aero has unveiled plans to develop a family of hybrid-electric autonomous cargo aircraft.

Raytheon flew the PhantomStrike sensor for the first time on a testbed, moving the new fire control radar a step closer to launch customer Poland.

Schiebel completed the initial flight of its S-300 Camcopter 'Iron Bird' demonstrator, the Austrian company has revealed to Aviation Week.

LONG BEACH, California—Blended wing body aircraft startup JetZero recently completed a study on the proper design of a refueling boom for a future KC-Z4 tanker.

JetZero is targeting a critical design review (CDR) of its full-scale multi-role demonstrator late in May.

The program is progressing to address issues that have slowed the T-7A trainer's development.

Dzyne Technologies says it has delivered multiple Grasshopper autonomous air-launched expendable cargo gliders to the U.S. Air Force.

Joby achieved a major feat in its eVTOL development program late last month when its S4 air taxi made the first piloted transition between vertical hover and forward cruise.

Sikorsky and firefighting technology startup Rain have demonstrated autonomous wildfire suppression using a UH-60 Black Hawk.