Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 17, 2020
Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
Sep 16, 2020
A little-known technology development program involving secret unmanned aircraft systems has helped to seed the air vehicles available for the AFRL's pioneering Skyborg program.
Sep 16, 2020
Modernity and adaptability are among the characteristics that Boeing is promoting in proposing its T-7 trainer for the Royal Australian Air Force.
Sep 16, 2020
The Speed Racer project harkens back to the Skunk Works' origins as the company that built the first XP-80 in 143 days and the first U-2 in less than nine months.
Sep 16, 2020
Leonardo is proposing a military variant of its AW139 twin-engine medium helicopter for Poland as a replacement for the country’s aging W-3 Sokol and Mi-2 rotorcraft.
Sep 15, 2020
Verizon Skyward and French manufacturer Parrot have partnered to offer a drone training and operations management package based on Parrot’s Anafi USA quadcopter, the companies announced Sept. 15.
Sep 15, 2020
Britain’s Royal Air Force will adopt new technologies to identify and prosecute targets in more locations simultaneously than what is possible today, the air arm’s most senior officer says. 
Sep 15, 2020
A January missile firing test offered a glimpse of the MC-130’s potential in a new role as an Arsenal Plane.