Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Dec 21, 2022
Listen in as three Aviation Week editors discuss—and sometimes debate—whether Boom’s new supersonic engine plan is for real.
Dec 21, 2022
Compare commercial, military, business aviation and helicopter MRO markets for 2023, based on Aviation Week Network data.
Dec 21, 2022
From hypersonic strike missiles to sixth-generation combat aircraft, the next waves in military aviation technology moved closer in 2022.
Dec 21, 2022
A decade after U.S. Marine Corps experiments in Afghanistan, the Defense Department is ramping up development of cargo-carrying UAS.
Dec 20, 2022
Forecasts, snapshots and military aircraft to watch.
Sep 13, 2023
A three-blade test article was delivered to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, for a demonstration of the folding rotor at representative flight speeds.
Sep 13, 2023
ITP had been wholly owned by Rolls since 2016.
Sep 12, 2023
Qinetiq and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop a low-cost, disposable uncrewed aircraft system.
Sep 12, 2023
Industry partners in the three-nation Global Combat Air Program have reached a further collaboration agreement.
Sep 12, 2023
The U.S. Air Force is giving the public new peeks at its secretive B-21 Raider bomber.
Sep 12, 2023
Collins Aerospace has begun manufacturing a 1-megawatt electric generator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Sep 12, 2023
BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first EC-37B Compass Call aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for developmental and operational testing.
Sep 12, 2023
The creation of the independent council follows last year’s announcement of a strategic partnership with Northrop Grumman.