Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Navy plans to buy active expendable BriteCloud decoys from Leonardo to improve the self-protection equipment of the F-35.

The uncertainty for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program opens new doors for the F-22 fleet, which was once threatened with replacement.

Idbotic, a specialist in hardware encryption, will support Indra’s work on the combat cloud.

Airbus’ combined tanker programs boast more in-service aircraft than the Boeng KC-46A, and the company’s acceptance across diverse regional markets is a sign of its healthier outlook in the space.

The service sees advantages to hybrid-electric systems over battery-powered propulsion.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer Electra.aero says its EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator has completed off-runway test flights.

The U.S. Navy this week disclosed that a T-45C Goshawk experienced another engine malfunction, prompting an emergency landing on July 10.

“It’s not right for me to prejudge what might happen in the defense review,” UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard says.

Sweden has a notional plan to buy four of the Saab AEW aircraft.

Industry executives still are raising fundamental questions about the design and relevance of a fleet of future autonomous combat aircraft.

The top modernization priority is adding to the fleet of A-29 Super Tucano armed turboprops, Lebanese Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Saifi says.

Lockheed Martin has announced a series of offset items for Thailand should it choose the F-16 Blk. 70/72 package.

Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.

The French Air and Space Force is forming a new squadron with the Rafale now that manufacturer Dassault has resumed deliveries of the fighter to France.

Italy's acquisition of 24 new Eurofighters, referred to as F-2000s, enables the air force to replace its Tranche 1 Eurofighters.

Acquisition and budget documents point to the quiet emergence of a third capability: signals intelligence.

The Taiwanese ministry of national defense (MND) says flight control software issues were the primary cause of delays.

A longevity, thrust and fuel efficiency upgrade for the Lockheed Martin F-35 has passed a preliminary design review (PDR) milestone, Pratt & Whitney says.

Beta Technologies says it has completed two more evaluation deployments for the U.S. Air Force with its prototype Alia electric aircraft.

After months of preparation, Ukraine is about to receive its first batch of F-16s to help it battle Russia.

The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen Leonardo’s AW139 medium helicopter to demonstrate autonomous logistics resupply.

The NTSB is leading the investigation of the crash of an amphibious air tanker that killed a veteran agricultural aviation pilot and native of Brazil.

Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?

The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.

Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the F-35 program executive officer, on July 11 approved the so-called “truncation plan.”