Aircraft & Propulsion

The Advanced Aviation Engine Development Project will develop, test and certify a turbofan engine with 16,000 lb.-thrust at military power and 24,000 lb.-thrust on afterburner.

The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.

Spain ordered 18 Airbus C295 transport aircraft days after the government in Madrid gave the OEM's helicopter arm a boost with a mammoth 100-rotorcraft deal.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has revealed a shift in strategy.

Skyryse has completed the first flight of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter equipped with its SkyOS automated flight control system.

Six years have passed since Northrop Grumman won an opportunity to upgrade the system on the U.S. Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s.

The U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22 that it has designated the Northrop Grumman Project Talon uncrewed aircraft prototype the YFQ-48A.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the country will proceed with plans to build a new aircraft carrier.

The U.S. Air Force has expanded the pool of competitors vying for the second increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters has completed the long-awaited first flight of its Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator.

U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric supersonic engine into high-altitude and high-speed ground testing in 2026.

The DOD has surged assets to the Caribbean and the southern border to back military operations in the region including, potentially, the RQ-170 reconnaissance drone.

Saab has secured another 2.5 billion in Swedish krona ($200 million) to support the evolution of the Gripen fighter.

A radar upgrade for the X-62 autonomous fighter will allow the U.S. Air Force to experiment with AI-enabled “pilots” controlling sensors in combat.

Malaysia is looking to fast-track its multirole combat aircraft program after plans to acquire ex-Kuwaiti Boeing F/A-18 Hornets are expected to face delays.

The decade-long demand outlook for military aircraft has jumped 30% over the past year, reaching $250 billion.

Forecasts, snapshots and military aircraft to watch.

Defense boom drives 10-year value of military aircraft deliveries to $1.19 trillion.

A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.

Air forces around the globe are likely to bolster their inventories in the coming 12 months by adding aircraft and drone types. Here are some of the expected events.

The U.S. Navy on Dec. 18 announced it had for the first time fired a newly developed one-way attack drone from a ship in the Middle East.

The BAE Systems PHASA-35 will operate monthslong airborne surveillance missions under a new AFRL contract.

South Korea awarded KAI a KRW 685.9 billion contract to launch testing for the air-to-ground configuration of the KF-21 Boramae fighter on a new timeline.

Schiebel says it has logged the first flight trials for its S-300 helicopter uncrewed aircraft system.