Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 09, 2019
Overlapping upgrade programs are putting pressure on B-52 fleet capacity.
Aug 29, 2019
TyTAN has reduced Typhoon operating costs by nearly 40%; BAE believes it could achieve similar savings on the F-35.
Aug 27, 2019
BAE’s Tempest factory will say goodbye to jigs and tooling in favor of introducing robots, digital twins and joining methods.
Aug 26, 2019
European militaries are poised to welcome the delivery of 326 F-35 fighters in 2019-29 and are continuing to buy Saab Gripens, Dassault Rafales and Eurofighter Typhoons.
Aug 26, 2019
Commonality and advanced technology in its future F-16 force will compensate Taiwan for the long wait in placing an order.
Sep 06, 2022
An order for the Su-35 would be the first major acquisition by Iran for its air force in more than two decades.
Sep 05, 2022
The MAFFS was originally designed for the Lockheed Martin C-130, but is compatible with the cargo-handling system on the C-390.
Sep 02, 2022
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Sept. 2 returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because of an issue with the tiltrotor’s gearbox for which the service still does not have a root cause.
Sep 01, 2022
Boeing on Aug. 31 received a $927.5 million undefinitized contract for four KC-46A refueling tankers for Israel, a deal that will cover the testing of the next-generation refueling vision system and deliveries by the end of December 2026.
Sep 01, 2022
The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.
Aug 31, 2022
The Portuguese Air Force is acquiring six used Black Hawk helicopters to boost the country’s firefighting capability.
Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Air Force wants to set a new target for the annual operating costs of the Lockheed Martin F-35A.
Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Army has grounded its Boeing H-47 Chinook fleet following a small number of engine fires that OEM Honeywell says is connected with the installation of problematic O-rings during service-performed depot maintenance.