Iran

The agreement intended to bring an end to conflict in the Gulf and reopen the Strait of Hormuz will potentially give Iran the opportunity to rebuild its civil aviation fleet.

A few days after Tehran and Washington reached a preliminary peace deal, the Iranian Red Crescent Society turned to Russia to renew its rotorcraft fleet.

Lawmakers appear set to replace special operations aircraft lost in the daring rescue of a U.S. Air Force pilot in Iran.

The war in Iran that has drawn in the wider Gulf region has also become somewhat of a testing ground for Edge Group.

The U.S. military was poised to respond to Iranian forces on June 9 following the downing of a U.S. Army attack helicopter and rescue mission.

Rafael is proposing to equip UAVs with some of the self-protection equipment more typically associated with combat aircraft.

American combat aircraft and other forces are maintaining a high pace of operations to detect and down Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran slowed aerospace orders at General Dynamics, but the division still managed to record a book-to-bill ratio of 1.13.

A U.S. Army official said a deployed artillery unit exhausted the full inventory of Lockheed Martin PRSM missiles early in the war against Iran last month.

Zelenskyy says some of his country’s counter-drone specialists deployed to the Middle East aided in shooting down Iranian Shahed-type drones in the region.

A failed rescue in Iran led to the development of the V-22, yet the Osprey was not part of the latest mission.

As of April 8, U.S. forces struck more than 13,000 targets inside Iran—4,000 of which were dynamic targets, meaning targets of opportunity that arose after a mission had started, Caine says.

The role of commercial satellites and Russia’s links to Iran are being scrutinized as the war enters its second month.

The U.S. Air Force’s new electronic attack aircraft has joined operations against Iran before it is formally declared operational.

Commanders at U.S. and allied installations are calling for rapidly fielding more bunkers and increasing air defenses in Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has secured a defense agreement with Qatar and is working to secure similar arrangements in the region.

Airbus has used its modified Airbus Do-DT25 uncrewed aircraft system for the first time to intercept a drone target.

European missile manufacturer MBDA plans to “intensify” its production ramp-up in 2026, CEO Eric Beranger says.

The phones are ringing at defense companies from governments urgently seeking more weapons. Often, they are being put on hold.

A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing at a Middle East base following a combat mission over Iran on March 19.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines is urging governments in the region to help airlines address disruptions and higher costs caused by the Iran war.

Predictions that supply chain issues and new-engine reliability problems would sustain demand for midlife and older aircraft may be derailed by the Iran war.

Disruption to flights to and from the Gulf persists, with Iranian missiles and drones continuing to evade defenses and hit several of the region’s airports.

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper on March 11 shared a brief video update regarding the ongoing Operation Epic Fury.

Will it remain a year of resilient demand for U.S. airlines? Much hinges on the duration of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.