Aircraft & Propulsion

The UK Royal Navy’s Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group is testing “carrier hopping” in the Indo-Pacific to extend the reach of its Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.

Collins Aerospace has conducted an inflight demo of a new hybrid satellite communication phased array antenna.

GE Aerospace has demonstrated two different rotating detonation combustion (RDC) engines—a missile-scale ramjet and a dual-mode ramjet for high-speed aircraft.

GE Aerospace on Sept. 22 announced it conducted supersonic captive carry flight tests of a new solid-fueled ramjet.

Propulsion startup Beehive Industries is preparing to ship its first additively manufactured Frenzy engine for altitude tests at the AFRL.

Pratt & Whitney is developing a new family of scalable engines targeting the emerging market of Collaborative Combat Aircraft and cruise missiles.

Skunk Works is taking work it did to compete for the USAF's sixth-gen fighter and applying it to a new stealthy, survivable Collaborative Combat Aircraft design.

Taiwanese flight academy Apex Aviation will partner with Portugal’s Tekever on AI-powered drones used by Ukraine.

The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.

Colorado-based startup Radia has announced plans to offer a purpose-built military version of its WindRunner outsized cargo aircraft.

Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.

Taiwan’s AIDC says it is not abandoning its crewed aircraft ambitions, including a next-generation fighter, even as the company pivots to support UAS.

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a new autonomous, vertical take off and landing system to supply austere locations.

U.S. drone manufacturer AeroVironment has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.

Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact that declares that any aggression against one of the countries will be considered aggression against both.

The French Vortex spaceplane demonstrator program will aim to validate heat shield technology and different control capabilities once it takes flight.

DARPA will kick off development of a High-Mach Gas Turbine engine with a 15-month project worth up to $40 million.

Northrop Grumman’s new testbed with its company-developed autonomy software is set to fly imminently.

U.S. investors led a $15 million Series A round in a Ukrainian software developer for swarming drones.

The Portuguese government has signed an amendment in its contract with Embraer to purchase a sixth KC-390 airlifter and has added 10 purchase options.

New industry partnerships are moving the Global Combat Aircraft Program closer to its multibillion-dollar design and development contract.

Brazil and Sweden have formally launched discussions on purchasing an increased number of Saab Gripen combat for the Brazilian Air Force.

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently set a new record for longest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter.

The U.S. State Department has green-lighted Peru to acquire the Block 70 model Lockheed Martin F-16.