Aircraft & Propulsion

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.

Recent trials of UAV operations from a carrier validate that such systems can increasingly replace missions handled by crewed platforms, Adm. Ben Key says.

Poland is set to acquire four U.S.-supplied aerostats equipped with AEW radars with detection ranges of around 186 mi., the country’s defense ministry says.

Upcoming talks could set the stage for Belgium to step up from “observer” to “partner” status on the Franco-German-Spanish future combat air system project.

Russian Helicopters is working on major subsystems for China’s new Advanced Heavy Lifter (AHL) helicopter, Russian First Vice Premier Denis Manturov confirmed.

Saudi Arabia is seeking full partner status as it decides what future combat aircraft program to join, with a decision possible within months.

BAE Systems sees a pathway to keeping the Global Combat Air Program on its development timeline despite elections in the UK that could slow decision making.

An ocean world some 450 million mi. from Earth is a tantalizing candidate for life.

LINKOPING, Sweden—The first flight of Saab’s twin-seat Gripen F has been pushed into 2025, following a change in the priorities of the Brazilian Air Force customer.

Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.

Though the New Shepard capsule returned to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating.

Italy could join Germany and Spain in making a top-up order for the Eurofighter combat aircraft, industry officials have said.

Australia’s new defense strategy includes pricey acquisitions for both the Australian navy and air force, but data from Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Military tool suggest that a commensurate increase in aviation-related contract opportunities may not be in the offing.

The review assessed the X-59 project’s approach to safety and hazard analysis.

Lockheed Martin could potentially park 84 F-35s in temporary storage before receiving approval to resume deliveries with a new software update, the GAO says.