Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 05, 2019
The concept would allow Air Force leaders to hedge against the risk of future technology breakthroughs and surprise enemies with unexpected new capabilities.
Mar 04, 2019
Aviation Week flies Sikorsky’s autonomous S-76 testbed as the company reveals its interest in the urban air mobility market.
Feb 27, 2019
Much as Saab created an enlarged Gripen, India’s defense technology agency wants to lengthen the HAL Tejas and give it the F414 engine.
Feb 26, 2019
Technologies from F-22 and F-35 are added to F-16 to entice India. But the MiG-35, Su-35 or Rafale could minimize fleet fragmentation.
Feb 25, 2019
Starfighters Aerospace operates a fleet of F-104s based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for use in various test and research roles.
Aug 11, 2022
The U.S. Air Force’s short-lived “Digital Century Series” plan appears to be dead for future manned fighters, but the service says the plan’s focus on rapidly iterating designs could be relevant for its future drones.
Aug 10, 2022
The Royal Canadian Air Force has grounded its CT-114 Tutor fleet as an investigation continues into an Aug. 2 mishap that damaged one of the Snowbird display team’s aircraft.
Aug 10, 2022
Joby Aviation has signed a potential $45 million expansion of its contract with the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.
Aug 10, 2022
AVIC says it has completed the first flight of the AR-500CJ uncrewed air system.
Aug 09, 2022
International sales would depend on Seoul allowing the release and export of certain UAS technologies and capabilities.
Aug 08, 2022
Pursuing higher speed and longer range for regional air mobility, Canadian startup Horizon Aircraft is preparing to fly a 50%-scale model of its planned Cavorite X5 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Aug 08, 2022
A Lockheed Martin F-16CG from Aviano Air Base, Italy, had its main landing gear fail during a training flight on March 2, causing the jet to land on its belly and sustain more than $6 million in damages—the latest in a series of landing gear failures in the fleet.
Aug 05, 2022
The U.S. Navy has officially handed over the first of three modified CN-235-220M maritime patrol aircraft to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.