Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 11, 2015
Stealth is not a single technology, but a group of aligned disciplines. Those disciplines, in turn, need to be brought together in a workable, affordable and practical vehicle.
Sep 11, 2015
Aviation Week earned its “Aviation Leak” nickname decades ago in part through its coverage of stealth technologies.
Sep 11, 2015
This week’s Check 6 marks the start of a series of special features running before Aviation Week & Space Technology’s 100th anniversary in 2016 with a discussion of stealth and counter-stealth technology.
Sep 11, 2015
A small number of people made outsize contributions to the early development of stealth, working under intense secrecy.
Sep 11, 2015
Much of the history of stealth has taken place under a shroud of secrecy that often hid important events from insiders as well as the public. It’s been a vast and often chaotic development, driven by technology, economics and geopolitics—and even the goals set 30 years ago have yet to be met.
Jan 26, 2022
U.S. startup Elroy Air has unveiled the first preproduction prototype of its Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, revealing a revised design for the hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Jan 26, 2022
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has inducted the first two of four Leonardo AW139 helicopters that it is leasing from oil and gas aviation provider Weststar Aviation Services.
Jan 26, 2022
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35C involved in a “landing mishap” on Jan. 24 fell into the South China Sea and the service is now drawing up plans to salvage the aircraft.
Jan 25, 2022
European plans for the development of a multinational medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system have moved a step closer to reality after the Spanish government approved spending worth €3.16 billion ($3.57 billion) on the program.
Jan 25, 2022
Algeria has received its first J-model C-130 Hercules airlifter from Lockheed Martin as part of an order for four aircraft.
Jan 25, 2022
Egypt has been cleared to buy up to 12 Lockheed Martin C-130Js and three air defense radar systems, the U.S. State Department announced on Jan. 25.
Jan 25, 2022
Italy’s Leonardo says its contract to deliver Eurofighters to Kuwait is not affected by an investigation the Gulf state’s anti-corruption agency is pursuing into alleged inflated prices paid for the aircraft.
Jan 24, 2022
An F-35C experienced a mishap upon landing on the USS Carl Vinson while in the South China Sea on Jan. 24.