Boeing has outlined the design of its projected new midsize airplane (NMA), but is keeping the details close to its chest as it waits for the expected response from Airbus.
Britain and France have quietly selected Safran’s M88 engine to power the joint unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrators the two countries plan to fly in 2025, officials close to the program have said.
After 34 years at Raytheon and more than 40 years in the defense world, Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy has never seen a defense environment as strong as it has been.
SIA Engineering and GE Aviation have agreed to establish a new engine overhaul joint venture to be based in Singapore, the companies said at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.
The backlog of export helicopters at Rosoboronexport has reached 106 rotorcraft worth US$4.7 billion, the company’s director general and CEO, Alexander Mikheev, said at the Paris Air Show.
The world’s largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine is being created behind locked doors by GE Additive, the business formed by parent company GE to capitalize on that fast-moving technology.
Philippine Airlines has exercised an option on seven Bombardier Q400 aircraft, bringing its total firm order to 12 of the turboprops, in a bid to win back market share it has lost to low-cost carriers.
A very small number of geostationary satellites have been ordered this year so far because the industry is devising strategies to meet an upcoming surge in demand for connectivity, launch service provider Arianespace says.
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a definitive agreement to supply its latest PW150 engine family powerplant—the PW150C—for the Avic Aircraft MA700 aircraft.
For at least the whole of the current century, militaries have understood the critical role cyberdefense plays in every aspect of operations. Yet most military organizations appear reluctant to train for network defense outside of specialist cyber units.
The proliferation of MANPADS – man-portable air defense systems – increased dramatically in recent years, leaking from collapsed nations (Libya, for example) and from radicals sponsored by rough nations (Iran and North Korea, to mention few of the most obvious). As MANPADS are available for sale on the black market, they appear in conflict zones throughout the world, as well as in the hands of criminal organizations. The growing threat drives military and government agencies to turn to proven countermeasures to protect their air.
The European Commission (EC) has given the green light to the German and French governments to provide Airbus with loans worth €377 million ($420 million) to develop the X6 helicopter.
Lockheed Martin test pilot Billie Flynn is putting the F-35A through its paces at Le Bourget this week. The flight demonstration is carefully scripted to highlight the kinematic capabilities of the F-35A, particularly its slow-speed handling qualities, according to Flynn.
In an unusually hot week at Le Bourget, a host of aircraft are making their debut at the 2017 Paris Air Show. We take a quick look at what showgoers will see at the show this week.
The French military is displaying its fighters - the Dassault Rafale and Dassault Mirage at the Paris Air Show. We look at what the French Air Force has in store with new upgrades.
