Watch as Aviation Week's Lara Seligman joins Thunderbird No. 7 Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, a career F-16 pilot, as he runs through the Thunderbirds’ best-known maneuvers one by one in the skies over the eastern U.S.
Britain’s Royal Air Force and Raytheon UK have begun concept studies into the development of an upgraded version of the Shadow twin-turboprop intelligence-gathering platform.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft soared into Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept. 15, relaying a final round of science measurements before breaking apart and ending a 13-year exploration.
Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service expects to begin working with Airbus next year to introduce the multi-mission version of the H175 helicopter into service.
U.S. Air Force may consider survivability when evaluating special missions platforms, which could hurt the chances of commercial and business jet derivatives.
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With momentum building behind an engine upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s 1960s-vintage Boeing B-52H strategic bomber, Rolls-Royce has proposed its 16,000-lb.-thrust BR725 turbofan, made in America.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft collected its final photos of the Saturn system on Sept. 14 as it headed toward a final plunge into the gas giant’s crushing atmosphere.
Honeywell International could downsize the end-markets it serves from roughly eight to five as it unveils the results of its portfolio review in October.
Boeing’s 737-based offer for the U.S. Air Force’s $6.9 billion J-Stars Recapitalization program includes provisions for a larger, more powerful single or dual-sided radar.
The TV7-117ST turboprop engine made its first flight on the Ilyushin Il-76LL testbed from the Gromov Flight Research Institute, in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Sept. 12.
Aerospace companies compare well in incentives and benefits with tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple, according to survey respondents. Photo credit: Boeing
The Raider’s hard landing is blamed on a flight-control software issue, not coaxial rigid-rotor technology, Sikorsky obtains backing to finish the demonstration.
Canada’s potential purchase of F/A-18s receives U.S. approval; Turkey advances S-400 deal with Russia; Bahrain seeks F-16 Viper upgrade, and Indonesia will upgrade its F-16 fleet.
Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Renken’s downing of an armed UAV over Syria in June signaled pro-regime forces that the U.S. will not fail to act in self defense.
