Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 01, 2020
Germany is looking to arm its future fleet of EuroDrone unmanned aircraft systems with MBDA Brimstone air-to-ground missiles and Enhanced Paveway…
Jun 01, 2020
Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation are the first developers of urban air mobility vehicles to progress to the third stage of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.
May 29, 2020
U.S. Navy’s training system search; Finland seeks export OK for fighters; an Army SHORAD slowdown; and satellite sensor design advances.
May 29, 2020
A full-scale proprotor incorporating the key features of Karem Aircraft’s Optimum Speed Tiltrotor (OSTR) concept has run on a ground rig in Victorville, California.
May 29, 2020
A civilian Pilatus PC-12 aircraft made an unauthorized landing at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Wales because the aircraft’s pilot wanted to visit a nearby beach.
May 29, 2020
Babcock Australasia is offering Bell’s Model 429 twin-engine light helicopter to meet Canberra’s need for a special operations helicopter platform.
May 28, 2020
DARPA and the Office of Naval Research plan to launch a joint project to develop a vertical-takeoff-and-landing tactical unmanned aircraft system that could replace the Insitu ScanEagle and eliminate any reliance on launch and recovery infrastructure.
May 28, 2020
A Pipistrel aircraft is part of a $63 million program launched by U.S. Special Operations Command to expand capacity for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) flights at medium altitude, a spokesman says.