U.S. Army

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is considering a bid on the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, but has not yet decided what role it could play.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell have completed the first autonomous test flight of a Leonardo AW139 medium helicopter modified to uncrewed operation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Army has funded a demonstration project to 3D print an air-launched effect fuselage using composite materials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Bell MV-75 is significantly too heavy, putting some of its planned mission capabilities at moderate risk, a new report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
X-Bow Systems is the latest erstwhile launch startup to sharpen its focus on missile defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s program of evaluating new counter-drone technologies recently conducted its sixth test event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army set a five-month deadline starting from June 3 for companies to submit bids to replace the UH-72 as the primary trainer for helicopter pilots.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Volz will supply actuators for the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (Adapt) program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
An ongoing push in the U.S. Air Force to make its bases more resilient is likely to get more attention, the service’s top officer says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the first batch of projects under the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The Bell MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft is the U.S. Army’s first major acquisition system to use model-based systems engineering from the outset.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Editors discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Army researchers have revealed an experimental air defense interceptor powered by a dual-cycle, rocket-ramjet propulsion system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A May 20 announcement in the Oval Office marks the first step in moving the Golden Dome initiative for air and missile defense into reality at a record pace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s targeting of major Army Aviation priorities came as a surprise to many, and officials question the ramifications.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Skyryse has begun for-credit certification flight testing of a Robinson R66 light helicopter equipped with SkyOS, a fly-by-wire flight control system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Army plan to cut its AH-64D Apaches could open those airframes up for foreign military sales
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A new U.S. Army plan to cut its MQ-1C Gray Eagle will leave a gap in surveillance and strike missions that the service isn’t yet sure how to fill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick, Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army intends to slash the total fleet of ME-11B aircraft that will fly high-altitude surveillance and targeting.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army, Sikorsky and GE Aerospace this week for the first time used the T901 engine to bring a helicopter to hover.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the company targets international interest in the concept.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s broad restructuring of its aviation component will be painful as many units will be inactivated, but that pain is needed, a top officer argues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants to speed up fielding the MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) as it reprioritizes its aviation planning.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Resupplying distributed forces in the face of adversary attacks on supply chains presents new challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion