Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The appeal comes on the heels of Washington approving two foreign military sales to Taiwan for F-16 spares and support in a deal totaling $300 million.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to adapt a German Air Force Eurofighter combat aircraft into a testbed for manned-unmanned teaming technologies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce Germany has teamed up with ITP Aero to offer a new engine family for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) that will lean on the proven Advance2 core.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Rome has given the greenlight to Safran's takeover of Microtecnica from RTX after concerns over the supply of components to defense programs were addressed.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kim Minseok
The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
After being shut out of a patrol fleet acquisition, Ottawa’s aerospace industry is gearing up to compete for a new airborne early warning contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Scaled Composites, which has built and flown a new aircraft roughly every year since forming in 1982, is still expanding in its 17th year with Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Phase 4 Enhancements (P4E) package will be the largest and most complex upgrade for the Eurofighter yet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has committed to purchasing another 20 Eurofighter combat aircraft to help support the country’s defense industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Daher’s board of directors has appointed Didier Kayat as the group’s chairman of the board to succeed Patrick Daher, who is retiring.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has lifted the veil on its concept for an autonomous collaborative combat aircraft that would accompany current combat aircraft into battle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Photos from Bombardier Defense and Lufthansa Technik Defense show the modified Global 6000 with large cheek and under-fuselage fairings.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The Pentagon’s advanced research agency has selected six teams to develop preliminary designs for a shipborne VTOL uncrewed aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The company is flight-testing a subscale rotor blown wing as it pursues advanced UAS for an array of missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Canada's procurement agency plans to fast-track its new fighter training program, awarding a contract within three years and introducing the jet by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
An Air Force F-15 pilot failed to engage the emergency braking/steering system during an emergency landing, causing the Eagle to crash into an irrigation canal.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The letter of agreement signed on June 4 by a procurement delegation sent by the Ministry of Defense Washington moves forward Israel’s third batch of F-35Is.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish uncrewed air systems developer Baykar Technology has demonstrated its Bayraktar TB3 platform can be operated from a ship fitted with a ski jump.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has acquired the autonomy division of Xwing, a U.S. startup developing a modular autonomous flight system for aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Belgium’s government has approved a long-awaited purchase of 15 Airbus H145M twin-engine light helicopters for the country’s military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
With the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the head of Lockheed Martin’s advanced development arm challenges U.S. Air Force planners and competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NH90 manufacturer NHIndustries is urging the Swedish government not to retire the country’s fleet of the helicopters early and replace them with UH-60s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The life expectancy of a future Collaborative Combat Aircraft is not a trivial question.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Japanese consortium has committed to invest $100 million in Aalto, the Airbus-owned spinoff company flying the Zephyr high-altitude, pseudo-satellite UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion