U.S. Army

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army is grappling with the challenge of compressing a nine-year timeline for delivering the first operational unit of MV-75s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has modified an ex-U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk into a flight demonstrator for the proposed U-Hawk uncrewed utility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has unveiled a large, high-speed and vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL), uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Rafael has unveiled a jet-powered missile variant of the Spike family of loitering munitions on the eve of the Association of U.S. Army’s annual conference.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky expects the award for the 11th, and likely final, UH-60 Black Hawk order from the U.S. Army in late 2026 as the service reviews aviation plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army recently completed initial operational test and evaluation of its Lockheed Martin-made Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 1.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine, Anna Sliwon-Stewart
The U.S. Army will further realign its attack helicopter fleet by shifting a large amount of its advanced AH-64E fleet to the National Guard.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Light helicopter manufacturers are battling it out to win the U.S. Army’s next-generation training fleet contract.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The Pentagon has awarded RTX a $5 billion contract for Coyote drone interceptor systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about U.S. Navy trainer aircraft, safety in U.S. military helicopter cockpits and GPS jamming. Plus: Behind the Scenes in Ukraine.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
AeroVironment announced Sept. 3 that it has delivered two prototype counter-drone laser weapon systems to the U.S. Army.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to rush a new interceptor through development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin passed the first hurdle in a competition to supply a long-range missile for U.S. Army infantry units, the company said on Aug. 26.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
AeroVironment will compete for orders from the U.S. Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) program against Redwire subsidiary Edge Autonomy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Rocket propulsion startup X-Bow Systems will develop a second production source for the motor that powers the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
the US Army signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with satellite operator Globalstar to explore a battlefield covered in sensors.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has announced a standardized interface for UAS and launched effects to carry munitions or other attachments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is finalizing plans to buy a new medium-altitude uncrewed aerial system as it phases out its older MQ-1C Gray Eagle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Even though the U.S. Army canceled the FTUAS program of record, the appetite remains to quickly field a similar system at the brigade level.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Vertical lift specialist Piasecki Aircraft plans to develop a larger-capacity version of the Kargo UAV.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Insufficient, inconsistent and nonexistent procedures contributed to January’s midair collision near Washington National Airport more than any single mistake.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
Space and defense company Redwire will build Long Range Reconnaissance prototypes for the U.S. Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The BAE Systems Hyper Velocity Projectile initially was destined for U.S. Navy destroyers, before that plan was canceled and the Pentagon handed it over to the U.S. Army
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Red Cat Holdings is suing a former executive for allegedly joining a competing drone business ahead of a major U.S. Army procurement.
Supply Chain