Defense

Helicopter routes that pass closest to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) should be permanently suspended, Airlines For America (A4A) said.

Trump said that “the CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” characterized by companies “that take our money and they don’t spend it.”

The Mentor 2 program aims to modernize and rationalize the elementary flight training phase.

Dassault plans to deliver 25 Rafales in 2025, a 19% increase from the year prior when the aircraft-maker handed over 21 of the combat aircraft.

Babcock is a renowned name in the world of military flying training, with major contracts both in France and the UK. Now the international defence and aerospace company is set to create its own flight training academy at the former French Air Force base at Dijon-Longvic in eastern France. Alan Warnes reports.

The Philippine Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of KAI FA-50 fighters after one was lost during a night mission, killing two crew onboard.

Limitations to the Bell Boeing V-22’s flight envelope and proprotor gearbox problems have cut back flying.

Hermeus delivered the vehicle to Edwards AFB on Nov. 16 following the completion of low-speed taxi tests at its Atlanta facility in mid-2024.

The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) initiative was launched in 2024.

The comments are a shift in the Air Force’s recent history with adversary aircraft.

The proposal would face an uphill challenge amid fiscal restrictions.

Anduril and Zone 5 Technologies have been picked to move to the next phase of the Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) program.

The comments come as a decision on how to proceed with the NGAD penetrating counter air fighter is on hold.

Engineers are already designing the system and hope to reach a preliminary design review by midyear.

The three-year initiative will develop an automated boom that uses relative navigation for airborne refueling missions.

Thales has been contracted to manufacture 5,000 of the laser-guided missiles in a deal worth £1.6 billion ($2 billion).

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on March 4 that the proposed loans were part of a new initiative called ReArm Europe.

Akinci is one of several platforms envisioned to receive the Murad radar.

The cover of Aviation Week’s March 21, 1955, issue features an illustration of a Grumman S2F-1 Tracker—the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare aircraft to enter U.S. Navy service—with its electronic gear in operational positions.

Mach Industries is developing a vertical-takeoff cruise missile demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s experimental Strategic Strike program, the company says.

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.

The Air Force no longer deems a stealthy successor to the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135 necessary for its modernization strategy.

The service said it decided to pause deliveries on Feb. 27 after identifying cracks in the “outboard fixed-trailing-edge support structure” of two aircraft.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced March 3 that the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. design will be the YFQ-42A.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.