Aircraft & Propulsion

Red Cat Holdings has won a contract to deliver thousands of small quadcopters for the U.S. Army’s Tranche 2 of the Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program.

The companies developing the Praetorian self-defense suite for the Eurofighter Typhoon have begun development work for a new-generation system for the aircraft.

The UK Defense Ministry is to chop Chinook and Puma helicopters from its inventory as well as the troubled fleet of Watchkeeper uncrewed air systems.

Korean Air Aerospace Division provides depot level maintenance for the ROKAF F-15.

Turkey’s Baykar has completed a takeoff and landing of its Bayraktar TB3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) from the Anadolu amphibious assault ship (LHD).

SkyDrive has signed a MOU with South Carolina private jet operator SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport to develop air taxi routes in the state.

BAE Systems has said its work on Future Combat Air Systems could contribute £37 billion to the UK economy by 2070.

Croatia is set to become the next NATO nation to acquire the Turkish-made Bayrakytar TB2 uncrewed air system.

Elliott says “the time has come to embrace simplification.”

A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.

The UAV is based on Silent Arrow’s autonomous GD-2000 cargo glider drone.

Skyfly Technologies, an eVTOL aircraft developer, has been selected to join a UK defense initiative that aims to develop heavy-lift uncrewed aircraft systems.

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of up to 82 H145M light helicopters to Germany, less than a year since they were ordered.

The German parliament has given the green light to joining a trilateral effort with Italy and the U.K. to work on a new helmet for Eurofighter Typhoon pilots.

The Defense Department is going shopping in a bid to gain information on everything from loitering attack munitions to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Aviation Week Intelligence Network's 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast indicates that the Asia-Pacific region will lead the world in open requirements and opportunity over the coming decade.

Russia used the event in China for the Su-57’s international debut.

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-1 is a maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare fixed-wing patrol aircraft in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. More profiles of major military aircraft programs are available to Aviation Week Intelligence Network subscribers at awin.aviationweek.com.

The additional orders come after the Air Force selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for CCA Increment 1 prototypes in April.

The U.S. Air Force approved Merlin’s airworthiness plan to demonstrate parts of the Merlin Pilot autonomy suite in KC-135s.

China has showcased its progression in unmanned combat aerial system technology and innovation, displaying the CH-9 and Wing Loong-X for the first time at Zhuhai Airshow.

The Italian parliament has backed the country’s involvement in the Global Combat Air Program with Japan and the UK, keeping the program on track to move into its next phase.

The early planning comes as the service is standing up its new Integrated Capabilities Command to look across its mission sets for new acquisition programs.

The service’s Operational Energy office has outlined several programs aimed at increasing the efficiency of military aircraft.

South Korea and GA-ASI conducted a demonstration flight of the Mojave uncrewed aircraft system from the ROKN amphibious assault ship LPH-6111 Dokdo.