Defense

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Stresses Flexibility of Raider X Rotorcraft

Sikorsky's competitive prototype for the Army's FARA program is 90 percent complete.

Aircraft

Brazil Welcomes First Airbus A330 Into Service

The two A330s will be converted into tanker/transports to restore a capability lost with the retirement of the Boeing KC-137 in 2013.

Aircraft

Poland Turns To South Korea’s FA-50 Fighter/Attack Jet

The new fighters are required urgently to complete the replacement of the air force’s Soviet-era hardware.

Aircraft

Airbus Demonstrates A400M Firefighting Capability

Airbus has engineered a fully roll-on, roll-off solution that can turn any A400M into a firefighter without modification.

Rotorcraft

TAI/AgustaWestland A129 ATAK Shows Aerobatic Maneuvers at Farnborough Airshow 2022

Security

MBDA Aims for Dragonfire Laser on Target

Trials of MBDA's Dragonfire laser weapon have started successfully.

Aircraft

Super Hornet Completes Indian Carrier Trials

India is looking for a multi-role fighter to equip the air wing of its new indigenously designed aircraft carrier.

Engines

GE Believes Time is Right for Transformational Engine

The XA100 is the world’s first flight-weight, three-stream, adaptive cycle engine to run, and could power F-35s by the end of the 2020s.

Accidents

Lockheed Martin Offering Defiant, Raider Technology to NATO Countries

The Sikorsky SB>1 Defiant and S-97 Raider helicopters would bring new rotorcraft technology to NATO member countries.

Aircraft

Bell's V-280 Valor Awaits U.S. Army FLRAA Decision

The U.S. Army expects to choose its FLRAA UH-60 Black Hawk replacement in October.

Inzpire Offers Multi-Domain Operations Training Out of a Box

Inzpire delivers tactical multi-domain operational training from a ruggedized case containing all the necessary materials.

Aircraft

Aero Vodochody Receives L-39NG Certification

The all-new L-39NG has been certified to military standards, with Aero Vodochody preparing to deliver the first example to the launch customer next year.

Raytheon To Establish Laser Integration Center in UK

The technology giant is creating a European hub to satisfy the growing demand for laser weapons, especially in the fields of C-UAS and C-RAM defense.

Avionics

Sixth-gen Radar Slated for Tempest Fighter Program

The new radar for the Tempest fighter will incorporate higher power, smaller circuits, and gallium arsenide processors.

Aircraft

Moroccan Air Force Orders Airbus H135s

Moroccan Forces Royales Air has placed an order for a fleet of H135 helicopters for military primary training.

RAF Wedgetail Program Taking Off

The conversion of three Boeing 737 airframes for the AEW&C role is proceeding at the UK facility of STS Aviation Services.

Aircraft

UK’s Tempest Demonstrator Set To Take Wing

The UK government has confirmed that Team Tempest will build a demonstrator for the aircraft at the center of the Future Combat Air System.

Regulations and Government

Saudi Defense Sector Out in Force at Farnborough

GAMI aims to localize more than 50 percent of national expenditure on defense equipment by 2030.

Aircraft

RAF Will Offer New Contracts For Uncrewed Aircraft Systems

The service has terminated Project Mosquito in favor of alternative approaches that could advance uncrewed aircraft more quickly.

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Aircraft

Embraer, BAE MoUs Strengthen Ties on C-390, eVTOL

Embraer and BAE have agreed to pursue possibiities for the C-390 in Saudi Arabia and are furthering their collaboration on eVTOL defense applications.