Defense

Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.

Almost every year since he was appointed CEO of Boeing, James McNerney has sat down with Aviation Week editors to discuss the company’s strategy. We look back at over a decade of interviews with McNerney.

Key decisions on the shape of France and Britain’s joint UCAV will be made this fall.

Warsaw’s selection of Airbus Helicopters for an important military helicopter contract has upset unions and prompted a lawsuit from a losing bidder.

The long-awaited restructuring is at hand, even if the economic and business logic it expresses is defying conventional expectations of how it would unfold.

The U.K. is planning to invest in a helmet mounted cueing system for its Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bomber aircraft, even though they are due to exit service in four years.

The U.S. Air Force says Lockheed Martin’s Sbirs redesign will save $1 billion for future early missile warning satellites.

The transition is expected to go well for the original equipment manufacturer and Pentagon prime contractor, which turns 100 years old next year and may reach $100 billion in annual revenue around the same time.

The Air Force expects a multi-player competition over TX. But has it thought its brilliant plan all the way through?

Airbus’s new heavyweight helicopter to embrace fly-by-wire as part of a radical change.

Antitrust, Pentagon concerns could be hurdles to Sikorsky sale

The cut in build time is a key parameter in the drive to reduce costs toward the $80 million unit targeted for an aircraft in the 13th low rate initial production (LRIP) lot decade’s end.

A Senate effort would unwind a major acquisition reform of the landmark 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act; Ex-Im Bank hits deadline.

Thales and Textron AirLand have successfully jointly integrated Thales' I-Master radar on to Textron AirLand's Scorpion Jet, the two companies said at the Paris Air Show today.

The annual airshow event in Europe always helps boost M&A, but this year could be a record-setter.

The Swedish air force has had to scramble more Gripen fighters and airborne and ground radars are being more heavily utilized because of increased Russian military aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea close to Swedish airspace.

Lockheed hopes Skunk Works, Raytheon, Bombardier team can unseat Northrop as premier air-to-ground surveillance provider for USAF.

Just when you think a device is reaching an evolutionary plateau, it keeps going to new levels of innovation.

USAF: F-35 evades attack during Green Flag exercises where A-10, F-16s are downed.

Weapons and upgrades could define the next era for the worldwide fighter market.

Sikorsky – one of the biggest names in the rotor wing market – is looking for a new owner.

Raytheon will provide the primary sensor package with the Bombardier Global 6000 as its primary platform choice for now, says Jack O’Banion, vice president of strategy and customer requirements for Skunk Works.

“I could easily foresee the day … when the F-22 might rotate in,” Deborah James told reporters at the Paris air show here June 15, adding that she could not specify a date by which they would be sent.

Mali's Minister of Defence,Tieman Coulibaly, signed a contract with Embraer today for six A-29 Super Tucano light attack and advanced training turboprops at the Paris Air Show.

After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.