Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 26, 2019
Russian arms buyers hang in limbo as fallout from Turkey’s defiant S-400 delivery remains unclear.
Nov 22, 2019
Aviation Week editors Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, and Graham Warwick discuss the details of the existence of the stealthy RQ-180.
Nov 22, 2019
Surprise last-minute contract vaults UAE into manned military aircraft manufacturing club.
Nov 22, 2019
A legal dispute over who owns intellectual property is the source of a 2.5-year delay to the fifth-generation fighter’s full-rate production decision.
Nov 21, 2019
European researchers have for the first time flown an aircraft with a wing that is aeroelastically tailored for passive load alleviation.
Sep 20, 2022
The U.S. Air Force will roll out the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber in the first week of December, Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, said on Sept. 20.
Sep 20, 2022
A Swiss campaign group established to derail the country’s procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by referendum has halted its work.
Sep 20, 2022
Australia is to receive an additional 12 Sikorsky MH-60R maritime helicopters by mid-2026.
Sep 20, 2022
Saab has secured a support contract from South Africa for service repairs and maintenance for the country’s Gripen C/D combat aircraft.
Sep 20, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has cleared its Boeing KC-46 tanker for worldwide deployments, even though the aircraft is still years away from being considered operational.
Sep 19, 2022
Swiss officials have signed a letter of offer and acceptance giving the green light to the country’s procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Sep 18, 2022
Bell has selected Sierra Nevada Corp. to design and develop the mission systems for the High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing design that is being offered to U.S. Special Operations Command.
Sep 16, 2022
The Royal Canadian Air Force is moving ahead on operational plans for its future Remotely Piloted Air Systems program, though it has work to do to determine how to analyze the data the future aircraft will collect.