Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Air Force and Navy should more closely collaborate on variants of their next-generation fighters instead of further splitting apart as development continues, an influential senator argues.

The top U.S. officer in the Pacific says Russia has reached an agreement with North Korea to send MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter aircraft to Pyongyang.

Scaled Composites brings back its “Old School” test platform seven years after its last flight.

Portugal’s EEA Aircraft and Maintenance is selecting suppliers for the country’s first indigenously produced aircraft, naming Akaer as structures supplier.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending.

The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for a former Warsaw Pact country has made its initial flight.

The U.S. Air Force will postpone decisions about the future of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program until beyond year-end.

The UK Royal Air Force has begun kitting out the new fleet of Boeing MH-47G Block II Chinooks it has on order.

With Hawk engine issues snagging the UK Royal Air Force’s pilot training pipeline, the service could soon seek a replacement.

Crucial milestones in the development of the next-generation combat aircraft are imminent.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force have agreed to deepen studies of a surveillance variant of the C-390 to focus on maritime patrol, the company said Dec. 3.

An F-35 has off-boarded data to a non-U.S. command and control system for the first time in testing by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and the UK Royal Air Force.

The German Air Force and Army have agreed to create a joint helicopter brigade to bolster the country’s ability to meet NATO operational demands.

Lockheed Martin executive OJ Sanchez will become the new head of the Skunk Works division in January, succeeding John Clark after a nearly three-year term.

A decade’s worth of investment to counter the latest Russian and Chinese threats is finally close to entering operational service across the U.S. fighter fleet.

India is looking to add Link-16 datalinks to its ongoing Sikorsky MH-60R procurement, requesting MIDS-JTRS from the U.S.

HX-2 was unveiled by the company on Dec. 2.

The French government and Safran are in talks about upgrading the M88 engine for the Dassault Rafale combat aircraft, in part to sustain industrial know-how.

The U.S. has approved the sale of F-16 and APG-83 SABR radar spares totaling $320 million to Taiwan.

British defense company Babcock is working with Korea Aerospace Industries to explore whether the two can partner on military flying training in Europe.

Canada’s SkyAlyn has ordered 19 PC-21 turboprop trainers from Switzerland’s Pilatus, which it will use to provide training to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fleet’s first delivery and flight highlight progress made despite the stop-work order.

Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.

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