Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 31, 2018
The U.S. Navy is working on various challenges for the last of the Joint Strike Fighter versions, still hoping to have it ready for battle by early next year.
Aug 31, 2018
The $805 million contract is just the start of what might blossom into $7 billion in carrier-based, aerial refueling tanker work.
Aug 29, 2018
Hypersonic weapons testing and fielding will enhance the B-52H’s long-range strike capability.
Aug 28, 2018
Coalition airpower has helped deplete the so-called Islamic State terrorist group’s presence in Iraq and Syria.
Aug 28, 2018
New urgency, linked to engine sustainability and need for outsize hypersonic weapon launch capability, drives potential acceleration of B-52H reengining plan.
Jul 15, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force is embedding as many U.S. Air Force personnel as it can to accelerate the American adoption of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail as the RAF is in the beginning stages of its own program.
Jul 15, 2022
The UK’s plan to achieve full operational capability with the Boeing P-8 Poseidon rests on its ability to train crews in-country, with the Royal Air Force currently fielding three more aircraft than total aircrews.
Jul 15, 2022
South Korea’s defense procurement agency DAPA has approved a KRW3.94 trillion ($2.97 billion) budget to procure 20 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters under the F-X Phase 2 project.
Jul 15, 2022
The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 active electronically scanned array radar.
Jul 13, 2022
Lockheed Martin has completed the major assembly step on the first F-16V Block 70/72 fighter to be built in Greenville, South Carolina, moving the single-engine fighter closer to a first delivery in late 2023, the company says in an update posted on social media.
Jul 13, 2022
Boston-based autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs has completed a $105 million Series B round, bringing the total funding raised so far to $130 million.
Jul 12, 2022
A Leonardo official says the company hopes to find additional orders for its AW101 three-engine heavy helicopter as a potential replacement for Russian-built platforms.
Jul 12, 2022
Rotorcraft manufacturer Bell says the 360 Invictus helicopter is 90% complete and released pictures of the first competitive prototype carrying a full load of weapons.