Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, MBDA and a consortium of German companies are planning to form a joint venture to support the development of the European Future Combat Air System.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The EU is to plough more than €300 million into defense aerospace projects.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has demonstrated an aerial firefighting kit for its A400M airlifter, showing that the four-engine turboprop can deliver 20 metric tons of water onto a fire in less than 10 sec.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren, Tony Osborne
The German and French air forces plan deployments to the Asia-Pacific region in August, highlighting their targets to reach key points in Asia within stipulated times and demonstrate their airpower capabilities.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
The internet is abuzz with theories after a prototype Chengdu J-10C fighter aircraft was photographed with a new conformal spine, similar to those found on some Lockheed Martin F-16Ds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Tufan Erginbilgic will replace outgoing CEO Warren East, who announced his departure in February.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The merger is set to “accelerate the commercialization of OneWeb’s fleet.”
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The mission would be Terran R Launch vehicle’s first flight.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Angus Batey
As demand grows for civil and military aircraft, global industry has yet to solve raw material, supply chain and skill shortage issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
A deal would create a multi-orbit satellite heavyweight.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon executives say the latest version of the 44-year-old, radar-guided, air-to-air missile program has set two new time-of-flight records in the past 15 months.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
Thirty-five members of the U.S. Congress say they are concerned about an Air Force proposal to use its Advanced Engine Technology Program propulsion system to replace the F-35 fighter’s current powerplant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman says it is ready to become a prime contractor on future fighter programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Typically considered an air-to-ground weapon, Poland will follow Ukraine's tactic of firing Brimstones from ground vehicles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential sale of munitions to equip Kuwait’s new fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
China has sent the Wentian lab module to space, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Since all 12 KAI FA-50PH were delivered in 2017, the S.211 has primarily been used for pilot training.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Garrett Reim
Tracking capability is critical to intercepting hypersonic missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Carbon-nanotube anti-ice; RAF advances synthetic fuels; Boeing taps UK SAF R&D; Electric taxiing for Airbus A220.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim, Bill Carey
Advanced air mobility developer Beta Technologies has secured a 75-year lease at Burlington International Airport in Vermont to build a 355,000-ft.² electric aircraft production facility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Relativity Space is “weeks away” from launching its first rocket, the Terran 1.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
The launch of Russia’s robotic Luna-25 lander to the Moon is likely to slip to 2023.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force is advancing its work on the development of synthetic aviation fuels as it eyes becoming net zero by 2040.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Bristow Group has secured a 10-year contract with the UK’s Department of Transport to provide search-and-rescue services to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BRISTOW has new 10-year, £1.6b UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) contract to provide search and rescue aviation operations in partnership with
Defense