Defense Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 19, 2023
Investments into Eurofighter’s long-term evolution could support European FCAS plans, industry says.
Oct 19, 2023
Sierra Nevada Corp. has won the latest prototype award, facing off against a team led by L3Harris Technologies.
Oct 18, 2023
Online retailer Amazon says it plans to begin deliveries of goods by UAS in Italy, the UK and to a third U.S. city starting in late 2024.
Oct 13, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 11, 2023
Tom Burbage, the former EVP of the F-35 program during its first decade of development, discusses what it took to get the fighter program off and running.
Nov 25, 2023
The test rocket went through a complete launch countdown procedure in French Guiana followed by full firing of the core stage’s Vulcain 2.1 engine.
Nov 22, 2023
Germany has formally contracted for three additional Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, just days after funding was approved by the Parliament.
Nov 22, 2023
Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch completed the first taxi test of the Roc carrier aircraft and rocket-configured Talon TA-1 vehicle.
Nov 21, 2023
A U.S. Navy P-8A submarine-hunting aircraft ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay, marking the first time the service may lose one of the Boeing 737-based jets.
Nov 21, 2023
The Irish government will reexamine a need for an air combat and air intercept capability in five years despite growing concerns about the need for one.
Nov 20, 2023
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will get a chance next year to prove the Predator is worthy of a long-term contract from the U.S. Navy.
Nov 20, 2023
Development of the VRT500 co-axial single-engine light helicopter looks set to continue in the UAE after Russian Helicopters was eliminated from the project.
Nov 20, 2023
The UK Royal Air Force has completed the first flight of its new General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system in UK airspace.