Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
May 09, 2017
Congress boosted funding for new aircraft by 15%, but overall defense received a meager increase.
May 05, 2017
Boeing’s common-platform concept offers the U.S. Air Force variants of the twinjet family, including the newly developed MAX, to succeed all the aging military quad-jet fleets in line for eventual refinancing strategies.
Apr 24, 2017
A top U.S. Army official warns that a year-long continuing resolution would cripple the fledgling Future Vertical Lift effort.
Apr 21, 2017
F-35 to fly with British Typhoons, Dutch F16s and USAF F-15s during UK deployment.
Apr 20, 2017
With a limited budget and a strategic need for airpower, the U.S. Air Force is weighing its future fighter fleet options. Our editors discuss the idea of retiring National Guard F-15s in favor of upgrading F-16s.
Mar 31, 2022
PAL Aerospace and Thales have signed a strategic agreement to co-develop new maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) mission systems, hoping to entice the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) for its MPA program.
Mar 30, 2022
Struggling helicopter original equipment manufacturer MD Helicopters is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to allow the company to be restructured under new ownership.
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. unmanned air logistics company Volansi has unveiled its largest and longest-flying aircraft to date.
Mar 30, 2022
General Electric and the U.S. Air Force have begun ground tests of the XA100 adaptive cycle combat engine at the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee.
Mar 30, 2022
As part of long-term plans to pave the way for the adoption of sustainable aviation fuel by the U.S. Air Force and other military services, Rolls-Royce will test the engine destined for the Boeing B-52H retrofit program with 100% low carbon fuel around midyear.
Mar 30, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) wants to acquire its own flying testbed for rapid development and demonstrations of equipment.
Mar 30, 2022
The contract awards come as the UK retires the majority of its Hawk T1 fleet as part of cost-saving measures introduced in the government’s Integrated Review published last year.
Mar 29, 2022
D-Fend Solutions, a five-year-old Israeli counter-drone company with a growing North American presence, plans to become a publicly traded company, co-founder, Chairman and CEO Zohar Halachmi told Aviation Week in March.