Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The F-16 training school set up in Romania has graduated its first students but has yet to train Ukrainian pilots.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
BAE Systems will keep an eye on possible defense consolidation in Europe, company CEO Charles Woodburn says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries has shrunk its loyal wingman concept to quell concerns about how much it might cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

About 40% of the aircraft fleet operated by Royal Jordanian Air Force are second-hand aircraft and more than two decades old, but regardless the service has been working to overhaul its main fleets.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have discovered another serious deficiency on the KC-46 tanker but expect it to be resolved quickly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The financing deal would help fund a “once-in-a-generation investment” in the Filipino armed forces, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in Manila.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has shifted priorities in its rotary-wing programs and will focus its attention on developing a 10-metric-ton utility helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s engine office says it is open to all option to power a future air refueling aircraft and a potential re-engining of the C-17 as requirements are refined.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Pressure is mounting on Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion effort to keep new U.S. development of fighter power plants going.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A Lockheed Martin classified contract that involves a “highly complex design and systems integration” project has fallen $45 million deeper into red ink.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force has awarded contracts to five companies to develop the autonomy software to be used to fly its first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine
Can Airbus land an upgraded tanker in the U.S.?
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is exploring initiatives to reduce the operation cost of its Airbus A400M airlifter.
Farnborough Airshow

By Robert Wall
Germany says it now expects its umbrella contract for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to be signed several months later than planned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NSPA issued a tender for three contracts with industry to deliver up to six rotorcraft concepts that could meet the current NGRC specifications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
KAI is studying how to modify the design of the KF-21EX, the future Block 3 version of its KF-21 fighter, to ensure the program remains cost-effective.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Listen in as Aviation Week defense editors discuss their highlights from Farnborough Airshow, sharing their thoughts on GCAP, CCAs, FLRAA, tankers and more.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
In addition to work on the Global Combat Air Program, a Boeing 757 flight-test aircraft, called Excalibur, is being adapted to trial new technology elements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman expects to see a profit on the B-21 Raider program starting with its sixth production lot.
Aircraft & Propulsion