Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 07, 2014
In Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, there’s a scene where one of Mendy Melendez’s boys follows Philip Marlowe out of a bar. There might have been trouble, Marlowe says, “if this enormous man hadn’t got out of an enormous car” and thrown the kid one-handed against the wall. “What was that?” Marlowe asks the bruised gangster. “Big Willie Magoon. A policeman. He thinks he’s tough.”
Mar 24, 2014
If 'fifth-generation' has meaning, sixth generation will emerge
Mar 10, 2014
The start of the long game
Feb 24, 2014
Does the Pentagon give contractors an incentive for slow R&D?
Feb 03, 2014
It's not possible to ignore the rhetoric from China and Japan
Jan 11, 2022
A senior Pakistani government official says the country’s air force has become the first export customer for the Chengdu J-10, a single-engine Chinese fighter.
Jan 11, 2022
The UK Royal Air Force has rounded out its Boeing P-8 Poseidon fleet with the delivery of the ninth and final aircraft.
Jan 11, 2022
Germany’s new government is reportedly reconsidering how the country can replace its Panavia Tornado fleet, potentially putting Lockheed Martin’s F-35 back in contention.
Jan 11, 2022
Two fighter jets have crashed in East Asia within hours of each other in separate accidents, at least one of which has resulted in a fatality.
Jan 11, 2022
Boom has been awarded a three-year U.S. Air Force contract to expand studies of its Mach 1.7 Overture aircraft beyond that of an executive transport to include surveillance, reconnaissance, special forces deployment and other military transport roles.
Jan 10, 2022
France’s Gendarmerie is set to become the first law enforcement operator of the new Airbus H160 twin-engine medium helicopter.
Jan 07, 2022
Bangladesh appears set to purchase Russian Mil Mi-28NE attack helicopters ahead of Boeing AH-64E Apache.
Jan 06, 2022
Joby Aviation has formally added a second preproduction prototype to the test program for its S4 tiltprop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.