Aircraft & Propulsion

The Turkish government has announced a further increase to its 2025 defense budget, pushing spending to its highest level against GDP for 17 years.

Airbus says India-assembled C295s will start rolling off the local production facility in 2026, as it disclosed the inauguration of the Vadodara FAL in Gujarat.

Bulgaria becomes the third air force to clear a first flight event for Lockheed F-16 Block 70s, following Bahrain and Slovakia.

The U.S. Air Force’s top commander has refuted the Lockheed Martin CEO’s characterization of the first batch of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

The interceptor needs to be an autonomous aircraft launched from an air vehicle with a “hard kill system” effective against the small drones.

Air Force officials have not linked the NGAD review to a larger force structure study that affects the B-21, changes could arise from a host of pending reviews.

Finland is preparing for the SEAD/DEAD mission by acquiring Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM-ER).

Turkish industry is investing in the development of self-protection systems destined for use on the country’s growing fleet of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).

U.S. refusal to sell the F-35 to Taiwan, and the subsequent failure of the country’s indigenous Advanced Defense Fighter, has reshaped Taipei’s thinking in the face of continued Chinese encroachment.

To cut mishaps by half, the service is focusing on ground-handling incidents that damage aircraft.

As a technicality threatens to disrupt the program, Army officials laid out long-term plans for fielding and upgrading the future HADES fleet.

In mid-October, the S500 BAT clocked its highest operating altitude yet, rising to 500 m (1,640 ft.) above ground.

The feasibility review for the Light Transport Aircraft Project follows the completion of a survey sent out to the aviation market.

The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.

The full upgrade package, worth up to $7.3 billion, would raise Poland’s F-16C/Ds to the Block 70 standard, also known as the Viper configuration.

The first of the three modified Bombardier G6000 aircraft flew in September.

The Trinity House Agreement, signed by UK Defense Secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius, is being hailed as a “fundamental shift."

A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.

Lockheed-owned Sikorsky operates as a subcontractor to Turkish Aerospace Industries on the TUHP program.

A GA-ASI spokesman defended the company’s Increment 1 prototype, but did not criticize the remarks directly.

Though Lockheed managed earnings of per share of $6.80, beating Wall Street’s expectations, sales declined 1% year-over-year to $17.1 billion.

Saab has begun talks with Thailand to turn the country’s decision to buy more Gripen aircraft into a contract, says CEO Micael Johansson.

As Bell finalizes the design, Army aviators are relearning how to perform the air assault mission at speeds up to 300 kt.

The UAV, already known to the U.S. intelligence community as RA-1, was not visible.

The T901 engine, first developed for reengining the Black Hawk and the AH-64 Apache, was tapped to be installed on FARA before the Army canceled that program.