Domestic budget pressures are leading Israel to proceed with privatizing government-owned defense companies, despite security concerns

Some industry pundits say Pentagon changes will try to force more buy-in from industry on research and development and more competition between companies, among other elements, as the government tries to stretch scarcer dollars.

Selling military airplanes is not just about hardware. It is the start of a decades-long relationship.

Customer deferrals, trade sanctions and a deteriorating economic outlook have forced Rolls to accelerate a planned restructuring, which will mainly affect its U.K. civil aero-engine workforce, even though many of the issues are afflicting the company’s Land & Sea division, which produces nuclear energy and power systems.

While eyes are on China’s stealth aircraft, much more work is being carried out on missiles and radars. Will that pattern be sustained?

A pair of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs have successfully completed their first series of arrested landings and catapult takeoffs from the carrier USS Nimitz this month, marking the start of the developmental test program for the U.S. Navy’s first stealthy piloted aircraft.

Aviation Week editors discuss the F-35C and its ongoing carrier trials.

Aviation Week published an in-depth look at the original C-130 Hercules nearly 58 years ago.