U.S. Army

Digitalization and development of space and cyber are the heart of Leonardo’s restructuring and growth, CEO Roberto Cingolani says.

A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.

The realities of higher costs and program risk may not be enough to overcome the potential benefit of new technology.

A new engine for the U.S. Army’s attack and utility helicopter fleets will take another two years to achieve a preliminary flight rating.

The U.S. Army will seek to reduce funding in fiscal 2025 for a hypersonic missile program on the cusp of being fielded as part of an overall $185.9 billion budget proposal.

The U.S. Air Force is changing course again on plans for its Boeing F-15EX Eagle II in the service’s fiscal 2025 budget request.

For the second time in less than two years, the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey fleet will return to flight after a grounding with a patchwork of mitigations.

A new U.S. Army cross-functional team will be created to usher in a new stratospheric layer of aerial sensing platforms.

Palantir will build 10 prototypes of the U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground stations.

A Boeing acquisition of all or part of Spirit AeroSystems could be, if consummated, a surprise coup for the former’s defense business.

Erickson has begun producing the first new-build S-64 Aircrane heavy helicopter to be built since the late 1960s.

Airbus is to establish a final assembly line for the company’s H145 twin-engine light helicopter in the U.S.

The Army National Guard on Feb. 27 announced a stand-down of all helicopter units following two crashes of Boeing AH-64D Apaches.

SINGAPORE—Potential customers are curious about the improvements included in the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk modernization program.

Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.

The U.S. AFRL has decided to wind down its ambitious air-breathing hypersonic Mayhem development program, citing insufficient operational demand.

Airbus engineers say they are just weeks away from making the first flight of the company’s Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

The U.S. Air Force will stand up a new command focused on creating requirements for future systems.

A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.

The U.S. Army is overhauling its aviation modernization plans, canceling the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program.

The U.S. Army is interested in expanding its ability to provide multiyear contracts to industry.

A specialist in experimental rotorcraft, Piasecki eyes the transition from R&D to production.

U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.

Ahead of an expected major award for a new fleet, delays hit prototypes that had been expected to be fielded in January 2024.