Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

May 25, 2021
In a policy reversal from a year ago, the head of U.S. Transportation Command will support the Air Force’s plan to start retiring the Boeing KC-135 fleet in order to invest the proceeds from operational costs into KC-46 procurement.
May 25, 2021
Airbus has reached a milestone of 100 deliveries of its A400M airlifter with the handover of the 10th aircraft to the Spanish Air Force.
May 25, 2021
The UK’s Tempest future combat air system initiative could generate more than 20,000 jobs and pump £26 billion ($37 billion) into the economy between 2021 and 2050, suggests an independent review of the program.
May 25, 2021
The UK Ministry of Defense has opted for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile rather than MBDA’s Brimstone as the primary weapon for its new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fleet.
May 24, 2021
The specter of war with China across the vast Pacific Ocean has provoked the U.S. military to re-imagine the command-and-control mission, spend…
May 24, 2021
Poland has joined the growing list of countries to export armed unmanned air systems from Turkey.
May 24, 2021
The first of the UK’s two new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has set sail on its initial deployment.
May 21, 2021
The trinational Future Combat Air System team is considering various arrangements between the New Generation Fighter (NGF) and its associated remote carriers, aiming to 2027 for first flight of the demonstrators.