Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 03, 2014
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Nov 17, 2014
Selling military airplanes is not just about hardware. It is the start of a decades-long relationship.
Oct 27, 2014
USAF is taking a serious look at reengining the Boeing B-52. The question is not whether it makes sense, but why it hasn’t been done.
Oct 13, 2014
This expanded issue of Aviation Week’s Defense Technology International edition is the first of a series planned to coincide with major defense shows worldwide. This week, the Association of the U.S. Army convention and show opens in Washington—an event that grew rapidly during the 2000s as the U.S. committed soldiers and weapons to the longest land conflict in its history.
Oct 13, 2014
The current security policy all but guarantees that the Air Force won’t get its new, Long Range Strike Bomber.
Jan 19, 2022
Spain has become the third of the four Eurofighter partner nations to induct MBDA’s Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile into front-line use.
Jan 19, 2022
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules upgraded to what it calls the “Block 8.1” standard.
Jan 18, 2022
The Royal Air Force is set to expand its swarming drone effort with the development of a self-healing communications network that will support the passage of data between the air vehicles.
Jan 18, 2022
Reconnaissance, refueling and special mission aircraft from the 2021 Aviation Week Photo Contest show the diversity of military aircraft.
Jan 18, 2022
Lockheed Martin says it has completed a series of mission profile tests of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant rotorcraft demonstrator as the U.S. Army continues evaluating competing bids for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract.
Jan 18, 2022
The Philippines has placed an order to acquire 32 more Sikorsky/PZL Mielec S-70i Black Hawks to bolster its rotary wing capabilities, which have come under scrutiny following recent events.
Jan 17, 2022
The six-engine behemoth now faces an intense flight campaign through the rest of this year as the focus begins to switch from envelope expansion to preparations for payload tests.
Jan 14, 2022
The Austrian order is the second the Italian OEM has secured in recent months through a new model of government-to-government contract.