Defense

By Tony Osborne
Engineers discovered an issue with the heat treatment of a gear component in the main gearbox during routine component testing late last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
All four of Moscow’s airports suspended operations for several hours on the morning of March 11 after a large retaliatory drone strike from Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is preparing to spin-up local assembly of rotorcraft in Algeria after securing orders from the country’s military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Nimble, venture capital-backed startups are emerging as winners in a worsening global threat environment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
In a $91.2 million package, Australia seeks 54 GMLRS-AW rounds, along with telemetry kits, engineering services, technical assistance, and program support.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The services in the proposed Foreign Military Sale (FMS) also would include meeting coordination in the U.S. and Japan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The latest ranking from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) shows the Ukraine war looms large over how the arms market has evolved.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Some 500 hr. of flying will take place over six months as part of the Guyana trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The company laid out a new proposal for CCA to Aviation Week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX)-24 loaded the first SkyTower II Airborne Network Extension pod on a MQ-9A Block 5-25 aircraft on Feb. 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The airframer will respond to an upcoming request for proposals (RFP) from industry–expected as early as April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine budgeted UAH 102 billion ($2.47 billion) in 2025 for its Defense Procurement Agency to buy the drones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Royal Thai Air Force is looking for a tanker platform to refuel Lockheed Martin F-16s and Saab Gripens.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Craig Caffrey
With all eyes on the spat between the new administration in Washington and its allies in Europe, China quietly released details of its budget plans for 2025.
AWIN Knowledge Center

The first batch of six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) has been handed over at the 1st Air Base in Salé as part of the North African country’s defence modernisation strategy.
Defense

BIRD Aerosystems, a provider in defence technology, has secured a contract to supply its Airborne Missile Protection System to an additional African Air Force.
Defense

By Robert Wall
It was not immediately clear if the move cuts Ukraine off entirely from the electro-optical satellite imagery feed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The late-February request from the Air Force reflects a broader strategy to use government funds to seed investments in future commercial products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
For Hanwha, the investment in Shield AI signals its growing interest in the unmanned aerial systems segment.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing Defense Australia has won a contract worth to enhance air and ground capabilities of the RAAF Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brandon Patrick
By 2035 Argentina’s combined air forces will have increased only marginally in terms of overall size, but Buenos Aires will have fortified and modernized its key fleets to a greater degree than the numbers would suggest.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the secretive operational plans for the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The NSM will replace the U.S.-made Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missile that equips the country’s Iver Huitfeldt class frigates.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
With the Series D funding, Oklahoma-based Epirus has raised a total of $550 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion