Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Apr 26, 2018
“We’re all-in, if we can get that capability at the appropriate cost," the vice chief of the Army says of Future Vertical Lift.
Apr 26, 2018
Priscilla “Pat” Handy Swenson is one of four women who served as a Sikorsky test pilot.
Apr 26, 2018
Bell expects the V-280 Valor to meet all the key performance parameters set by the U.S. Army under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator initiative “by the end of summer.”
Apr 04, 2018
The Chilean air force (FACH) is set to take delivery of the first of a new batch of S-70i Black Hawks this summer.
Mar 15, 2018
The heads of the U.S. Army say they “won’t stand for delays” on the multiservice Future Vertical Lift program, despite a re-phasing in the fiscal 2019 budget.
Mar 12, 2018
Pilots at the USAF's two F-35 training hubs are suffering from a severe shortage of spare parts and limited capacity to repair those that are broken.
Feb 20, 2018
Sikorsky’s pre-award protest over the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Replacement competition is being interpreted by some as the Lockheed Martin-owned company “freaking out” about Sierra Nevada Corp.’s competing “Force Hawk” proposal.
Feb 07, 2018
Leonardo is studying concepts for a second-generation rotary-wing unmanned air vehicle for use in both land and maritime environments.