BAE Systems

By Graham Warwick
The 30-seat ES-30 is planned to enter service in 2028; customers include United Airlines.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Victoria Moores
Sweden's West Atlantic Cargo Airlines has retired its last British Aerospace ATP-Fs, which were the final examples of the twin turboprop in commercial service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus-backed advanced battery developer Amprius Technologies plans to build its first gigafactory in Brighton, Colorado.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Nigeria’s Army has ordered a dozen MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack/scout helicopters from U.S. manufacturer MD Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
A key certification agreement between Boeing and EASA lowers hurdles to 777-9 clearance and keeps a new twinjet on target for service entry in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia and the UK have signed an agreement for closer collaboration concerning future combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A decades-old concept for a ubiquitous battlefield network concept is starting to become reality.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
That Lilium chose to invest some of its limited financial resources in its battery cell supplier Ionbox has raised a few eyebrows.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
BAE Systems Australia has unveiled a new uncrewed combat aircraft system, dubbed Strix, as well as a new series of munition wing kits at the Avalon Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has approved BAE to integrate the AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System with Leonardo’s Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio, Brandon Patrick
India will receive 275 trainers and LCAs over the next decade, more than any other nation aside from the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have flown a tailless uncrewed aircraft system using active flow control for maneuvering.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Historic electronic systems facility in Rochester needs funding for modernization.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Throughput of the UK Royal Air Force’s pilot training pipeline is improving, the head of the service has insisted.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The survey proposes to save the Navy billions of dollars that would be otherwise spent on qualifying a trainer jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
Industrial and governmental joint ventures would allow more national partners to join the program and benefit from volume.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Aurora plans to fly an X-plane for DARPA in 2025 that will fly solely by using active flow control instead of mechanical control surfaces.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s organic fast jet training capacity is facing severe shortfalls due to engine problems affecting the Royal Air Force’s Hawk T2 fleet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Michael Bruno
RTC Aerospace, a subtier precision-manufacturing company for aerospace and defense, has changed owners, with private-equity firm Stellex Capital taking over from investor and former CEO Brad Hart as the business eyes acquisition growth.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The new software-based mission system is necessary as the Compass Call fleet transitions to the Baseline 4 capability by 2025.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force and the Qatar Emiri Air Force have established a new training unit in the UK, flying the BAE Systems Hawk.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The Japanese Defense Ministry has reported to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that the F-15J upgrade program will proceed without the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), according to state broadcaster NHK.
Missile Defense & Weapons