Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Warnes
Jordan may not be as rich as many as some other Middle East nations, but it has a big heart with more than half of the population being Palestinian.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has forged an agreement with UAE-based Calidus that could potentially lead to the creation of an MRO facility for the A400M airlifter in the UAE.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Korean National Police Agency has ordered one Airbus H225 medium-lift helicopter, which will become the largest rotorcraft in its fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan has completed a series of proof-of-concept flights involving multiple scaled collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and MUM-T from a helicopter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
DARPA wants to restart the clock on drone development and "revolutionize vertical lift aviation.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Future helicopter concepts that are set to shape the next steps in NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability finally have come to light.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has finalized a six-year lease-to-buy agreement with Air Lease Corp. for two Airbus A321XLRs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Under the agreement, signed during the Dubai Airshow and announced Nov. 21, Mubadala’s Strata aircraft parts-making unit would get work packages on the A400M.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
An Indian Air Force Tejas Mk.1 Light Combat Aircraft crashed at the Dubai Airshow on Nov. 21, killing the pilot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky’s CEO discussed the company’s new uncrewed H-60 Black Hawk and the Nomad, a scalable rotor-blown-wing uncrewed system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Leonardo and Sikorsky proposals are shaping NATO’s vision for a next-generation battlefield and naval rotorcraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brandon Patrick
Despite the possibility of Saudi Arabia receiving the F-35, Boeing’s ambitions for a renewed F-15 sales push in the region may still have merit.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Garrett Reim
VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Naval Air Warfare Center’s Weapons Division says the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning System (ATAWS) has been cleared after a joint test program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters plans to offer AW189 simulator training in Norway as it sees growing demand for the twin-engine super-medium rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Enstrom is set to re-enter the U.S. helicopter market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The first aircraft could be produced as early as fiscal 2038.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO seeks alternative airborne early warning platforms after the U.S. withdrawal from the E-7 Support Partnership collapsed the alliance’s E-7 acquisition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Fighter backlogs are soaring to heights not seen in decades as countries around the world restock and modernize.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Editors discuss what the defense industry was talking about at Dubai Airshow: from Saudi F-35s to Fursan to Red Arrows.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Coast Guard is set to double its VIP transport and command and control fleet.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Helsing and Saab have finalized a contract to cooperate on the development of a new electronic warfare system for Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
China’s United Aircraft carried out the first flight of its R6000 large tiltrotor UAS, roughly a year after the initial prototype rolled off the assembly line.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A Hanwha turbofan engine scheduled for completion in 2028 is a candidate to re-engine the Lockheed Martin Vectis, a CCA designed by Skunk Works.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Edge Group's new propulsion business Powertech recently completed the preliminary design of a 1,200 lb.-thrust turbofan.
Aircraft & Propulsion