Aircraft & Propulsion

The purchase was announced by Leonardo on Nov. 8.

Edge’s EPI engineering company has been contracted to manufacture and assemble the Cargo Compartment Removable Fuel Tanks.

AVIC has unveiled a new class of large uncrewed combat aerial system designed to deliver both strike munitions and miniature drone swarms.

Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.

Top Navy officials remain confident in the affordability and design requirements for the F/A-XX as Air Force leaders consider their own next-generation fighter.

Israel’s F-15 acquisition aligns closely with the Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s (AWIN) 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast’s conclusions regarding acquisitions across the Middle East and North Africa region in the coming decade.

The UMCS is initially developed to operate the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray on board Navy carriers.

Poland has agreed to buy 32 F-35s and the Czech Republic says it will take 24 of the stealth fighters.

The orders were announced during the European Rotors helicopter exposition in Amsterdam Nov. 5.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense signed the $5.2 billion order for 25 F-15IA fighters, with deliveries beginning in 2031.

The milestone clears the upgrade for the carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft to move toward a critical design review in 2025.

The J-35A is set to make its debut appearance at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.

The new contract will replace the current Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) arrangement in 2026.

Hensoldt, with partners Lufthansa Technik and Bombardier, recently celebrated the first flight of the heavily modified Global 6000.

The efforts come at a time that Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere have demonstrated the risk to UAS attacks at sea.

South Korea has selected Konan Technology to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software for the country’s future uncrewed air vehicles (UAV).

Airbus is proposing the development of the System and Teaming Advanced Research (STAR) demonstrator.

Contract negotiations with Spain for a second batch of 25 aircraft, called Halcon II, have concluded.

The Netherlands has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters to support Dutch special operations forces.

Most defense programs end up more expensive than planned, but the B-21 is still cheaper than the Air Force expected. Supporters say it is time to buy.

The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command outlined its new expectation Nov. 1 during a presentation at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.

SkyAlyne is acquiring 19 H135s to support Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) Program.

Shawn Warren joined GE Aerospace’s team selling F110 engines in 2018 when the engine still had an uncertain future.

JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.