Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 07, 2015
Some Australian politicians say they know the best answer for the country’s submarine needs. They don’t.
Jul 17, 2015
Think that range, payload and stealth will be the deciding factors in the Air Force’s bomber choice? Think again.
Jul 02, 2015
Service leaders are right to say that the F-35 is better than the aircraft they have today. But that’s not the whole story.
Jun 19, 2015
The Air Force expects a multi-player competition over TX. But has it thought its brilliant plan all the way through?
Jun 05, 2015
The Pentagon has many ideas about running the F-35’s upgrade program. It needs to pick one and stick with it.
Jan 24, 2022
Bell’s 360 Invictus competitive prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft fly-off contest is 75% structurally complete at its facility in Amarillo, Texas, and remains on track for first flight in 2023, the company says.
Jan 24, 2022
The U.S. Navy will begin integrating F-35Cs onto the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as part of the service’s long-term plan to bring the carrier-based fighter onto its ships.
Jan 24, 2022
Spun out by the Williams Formula 1 racing team at the end of 2019, Williams Advanced Engineering has been expanding from its motorsports roots and applying its high-performance battery and electrification expertise to new sectors, including aviation.
Jan 24, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force has begun retiring its fleet of BAe 146 transport aircraft ahead of the arrival of their planned replacements.
Jan 24, 2022
Airbus has delivered the last production commercial model of its AS365 Dauphin helicopter, ending a 40-year production run of the twin-engine rotorcraft.
Jan 24, 2022
South Korea is bringing forward the maiden flight of its Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 Boramae fighter from July to early June following the smooth development of the first prototype aircraft.
Jan 21, 2022
Flight testing of advanced air mobility prototypes under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program is gathering pace, with the first government remotely piloted flights of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Jan 21, 2022
First studied by Bell in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the company has revived the stop/fold tiltrotor concept with new technology to meet the AFWerx call for HSVTOL vehicles for special operation missions.