Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
At least 66 military personnel have been killed in the crash of a Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Anduril has started assembling more prototypes of the autonomous YFQ-44 fighter at the newly opened Arsenal-1 weapons production complex near Columbus, Ohio.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army within a few days in mid-March ordered thousands of reconnaissance drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A technological development launched by DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (Alias) program a dozen years ago is now a testbed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has picked three vendors to provide initial long-range uncrewed systems to be fielded later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands defense ministry is expanding its interest in U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiatives.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratories have unveiled a new flying testbed to support the development of aircraft survivability equipment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Nigeria’s Air Force is looking to acquire Airbus C295 transport aircraft as part of an ongoing modernization of the service’s fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland’s government has signed offset agreements with Lockheed Martin to enable the servicing of sensors and systems fitted to the country’s AH-64 Apache fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German startup Quantum Systems says it has secured funding for 15,000 interceptor drones for use by the Ukrainian National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Syos Aerospace says it has completed the five-year development of its SA200 rotary-wing UAS following a series of autonomous mission trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA aeronautics enterprise awaits the 2027 presidential budget request with hopes for more stability and a renewed focus on flight research.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is exploring a rapid acquisition of uncrewed aircraft system radars for naval applications, aimed at detecting cruie missiles and other aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week has identified $23.1 billion in open opportunities to supply CCAs between 2026 and 2035 that have officially been announced by operators.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman completed a new right of passage for aspiring Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) producers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
An unidentified flying-wing uncrewed aircraft system was photographed and videoed at low altitude near Larissa Air Base, Greece, on March 18.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France and Germany are poised to make a decision on whether they can repair the fractured defense industrial relationship for the Future Combat Air System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing at a Middle East base following a combat mission over Iran on March 19.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force introduced an AI-powered aerial refueling dispatcher system aimed at improving tanker operation efficiency and pace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
India’s Defense Ministry is seeking to join one of the foreign government-industry consortia developing competing sixth-generation fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Anna Sliwon-Stewart
The Paraguayan Air Force’s current modernization efforts are centered on overhauling attack aircraft, which are considered essential for countering organized crime.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
Special tactics units within the USAF Special Operations Command are researching options for buying short-range, first-person-view, one-way attack drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s initiative to replace its long-serving Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne early warning aircraft fleet has now moved into the “realization stage.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has revealed more details about its new, rapidly developed anti-drone defense software system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare