Developing and demonstrating megawatt-class electric machines and power converters that are light enough and powerful enough for use in aircraft is a key step in enabling electric propulsion for commercial airliners.
Cyber Command unifies, increases industry outreach; San Francisco Airport incident prompts a new safety reminders; and preparing for a government shutdown.
Charter operators such as Monarch Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines are ripping up the rule book, embracing scheduled flights and expanding in long-haul.
Israeli F-35s practice aerial refueling; Russian Helicopters starts work on Mi-38T transporters and produces first Mi-28UB dual-control helo; Cobham to supply KF-X weapons ejectors; Romania’s whopping artillery order.
Faced with a flood of Earth imagery, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is considering commercial partnerships that go well beyond traditional defense procurements.
Completing development in four years might be easy enough if AIDC were just chasing the cockpit and avionics of the F-CK-1. But 80% of the structure is also changing and so are the aerodynamics.
Billie Flynn, the Lockheed Martin test pilot who flew the F-35A's premiere aerobatic performance at the Paris Air Show, opens up about what it's like to flight test both the F-16 and the Joint Strike Fighter.
Full-scale development of a new Taiwanese fighter could probably begin in early to mid-2020s. Taiwan has 343 front-line fighters that will need replacing.
The collapse of what once was Germany’s second-largest airline triggers fundamental change throughout the air transport market in Europe’s largest economy.
