Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Kim Minseok
Iraq is to become the first export customer for the Korea Aerospace Industries KUH-1 Surion utility helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
This completes the trifecta of China’s key state-owned aircraft companies unveiling its new capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Internet images show a new Chinese combat aircraft with a cockpit and stealthy configuration, including a diamond-style wing with no vertical tails.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Quantum entanglement is perhaps a fitting metaphor for the NGAD Platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
The fielding of the Tu-160M was announced by the head of the country’s general staff, Army Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The new Italian aircraft are due to replace the country’s Tranche 1 version, the aging baseline configuration of Eurofighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Polish government on Dec. 24 plans to sign a contract for uncrewed air system (UAS) equipment to support use of the Homar-K multi-launch rocket system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. Navy destroyer mistakenly downed one of the service's F/A-18Fs. Both flight crew survived, with one sustaining minor injuries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The undefinitized contact action for Lot 18 of F-35 production keeps the government funding stream open to Lockheed and its supply chain as the talks continue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
In the country’s second batch of NH90s, the Spanish armed forces are set to receive 23 NH90s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Considering the myriad challenges associated with eVTOLs, several of the leading startups have announced plans to develop better-performing hybrid eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Spain has provisionally selected Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TAI) Hurjet to replace its aging fleet of Northrop SF-5 lead-in fighter trainers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Samuel Archer
Latin American Military Maritime Helicopter Fleets + Deliveries 2025-2034
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will slowly return most of its V-22 fleet to flight and to operations with a better understanding of parts failures in the tiltrotor’s gearbox.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Air-breathing systems for supersonic and hypersonic platforms edge closer to flight as scaled ground demonstrators and rig tests progress
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Concerns about China’s muscular foreign policy are driving its neighbors to strengthen their military arsenals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The 23-year-old fighter program will be revamped again for combat requirements in the 2030s, if it can overcome skepticism from new quarters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Syria returns to the headlines after a bloody year of conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Indecision clouds the outlook for the Navy’s budget and the Air Force’s requirements for new crewed and autonomous tactical fighters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Craig Caffrey
Collaborative combat aircraft leave their mark on the outlook for defense equipment plans amid a new range of threats to airpower.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Richard Aboulafia
China’s success as a defense exporter depends on its ability to convince customers that it is a power with which they want to be friends.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Drones have been a cornerstone of Israeli military operations for decades, but with each round of fighting the Israel Defense Forces has adapted their use.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
New orders are rolling in, buoyed by upticks in defense spending and increased demand from the public safety, air ambulance and energy sectors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
A look at which trends are gaining which are losing steam in the defense sector.
Budget, Policy & Operations