Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing has bolstered its presence in the UK by opening an office in Bristol, England, focused on its defense business.

German police are investigating a collision between a consumer drone and a German Air Force Eurofighter combat aircraft.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has claimed its Chengdu J-20 fighter can reach supercruise.

Sweden will transfer a pair of airborne early warning aircraft to Ukraine in a bid to bolster the country’s air defense and support its future F-16s.

Sierra Nevada is starting work on the Air Force’s E-4B replacement and outlining teammates.

An aircraft resembling a Lockheed Martin F-35 crashed on May 28 at 2 p.m. local time in New Mexico.

Bell has been named as the second performer under Phase 1B of a DARPA program to build a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane.

Even though Mexico does not operate the largest navy in the Latin American region, it is a well-rounded fleet serving several key naval missions.

Oslo plans to spend an extra $56 billion on defense over the next 12 years, with surveillance of the High North and Arctic seen as a priority.

Iran has purchased 15 helicopters from Russia, Tehran’s IRNA news agency reported May 26.

The agreement was signed May 17 at the Swedish embassy in Manila.

The title of Bill Sweetman’s self-published report is not subtle: “Trillion Dollar Trainwreck: How the F-35 Hollowed Out the United States Air Force.”

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo has confirmed the country will supply 30 F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine, but they may not arrive this year.

The sensor upgrade will be installed on the CH-149s as part of the C$1 billion ($734 million) Cormorant Mid-Life Update program.

Inspection revealed broken part in tanker’s refueling boom, prompting inspections and two-month delay.

Sweden’s Cold War doctrine of road runway operations has come back into vogue in the face of a renewed Russian threat.

Brinc has unveiled a quadcopter with automated flight controls designed to respond to 911 calls in less than 70 sec.

DARPA has selected six of nine concepts studied under Phase 1A of the Ancillary program to proceed into the 10-month Phase 1B.

The Dutch Defense Ministry has given the green light to upgrade electronic warfare suites on its AH-64, CH-47 and NH90 helicopters, the government says.

The U.S. Air Force has not taken delivery of KC-46 tankers from Boeing in more than two months.

Family members of the five Marines who died in an MV-22 crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bell Textron, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.

QinetiQ delivered strong cash recovery in the second half in a financial year impacted by a long continuing resolution in the U.S.

The death of Iran’s president in a helicopter crash has renewed the conversation around the efficacy of western-led sanctions campaign against Tehran, while underscoring the rickety state of Iranian airpower.

The U.S. Air Force has shown the Northrop Grumman B-21 in flight for the first time.

Saab is preparing to fly an uncrewed aircraft system demonstrator that could support efforts to develop a future combat aircraft.