Defense Aircraft & Propulsion

Dec 13, 2023
Repeated sightings of a new form of low-observable features means infrared stealth technology is progressing out of military and industry laboratories.
Dec 13, 2023
Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2024 and 2033.
Dec 12, 2023
An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.
Dec 08, 2023
A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.
Dec 08, 2023
This year’s best photos include a crew launch that looks like a nebula, front-line combat aircraft, an NFL team’s private jet, a jet-powered sailplane and more.
Dec 21, 2023
Airbus is getting ready to offer outsized cargo services to external customers in 2024 with the BelugaST after obtaining an air operator certificate.
Dec 20, 2023
Spain has formally placed orders for a new fleet of maritime patrol aircraft based on Airbus’ C295 twin-turboprop airlifter.
Dec 19, 2023
The U.S. Navy has reassigned Grumman C-2 Greyhounds from USS Ronald Reagan to USS Carl Vinson in the wake of the grounding of the Vinson's CMV-22 Ospreys.
Dec 18, 2023
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Greece.
Dec 15, 2023
The U.S. arm of Germany’s Quantum Systems has signed a contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Defense to supply its Vector uncrewed aircraft system.
Dec 15, 2023
The test, announced on Dec. 15 by India's Defense Research and Development Organization, is a step towards flight trials of a follow-on, full-scale flying wing UAS.
Dec 14, 2023
The Nov. 16 demonstration moves the GE project closer to a full-scale ground test in late 2025 of a unique new turbine-based combined cycle engine.
Dec 14, 2023
Italy, Japan and the UK's Global Combat Air Program developing a sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft will be headquartered in London, the nations say.