Air News & Articles

Engine Successfully Tested on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

IAE successfully tested the fuel-efficient and versatile V2500 engine with a 100% sustainable aviation fuel, HEFA-SPK, made by hydrotreating renewable raw materials, such as waste oils

Mar 21, 2024
Echodyne’s Integrated Radar Added for BVLOS Operations

A collaboration between Kongsberg Geospatial and Echodyne will provide enhanced situational awareness to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operators by visualizing all airspace movement to ensure safe and reliable UAS operations

Mar 19, 2024
Medium-Range Launched Effects System Flight Test

The flight tests of the Launched Effects-Medium Range (LE-MR) prototype system were carried out over an eight-day period in mid-February, marking a key milestone in the program

Mar 15, 2024
Shield AI to Integrate AI Pilot onto Aerial Target Drone

Shield AI's Hivemind AI pilot enables teams of intelligent aircraft to operate and complete missions autonomously in high-threat environments, without the need for remote operators or GPS

Mar 14, 2024
Honeywell Demonstrates 80kW Cooling Capability of F-35 PTMS

Honeywell Aerospace Technologies has used a digital twin of the F-35’s Power and Thermal Management (PTMS) to successfully prove that strategic enhancements can increase cooling capability from 32kW to 80kW to support future generations of aircraft without invasive redesigns

Mar 13, 2024
Flat Sapphire Windows for Vision Systems in Harsh Environments

Meller Optics flat sapphire windows can withstand fast moving dirt, sand, water, and most chemicals, and are suitable for use in military weapon systems, commercial aircraft, and drones

Mar 13, 2024
SAS & Norwegian Armed Forces Agreement for Strategic Evacuation

The agreement is made up of two parts, a cooperation agreement to design a solution based on the Airbus A320neo and an agreement covering operational assignments

Mar 12, 2024
XQ-58A Valkyrie Completes Second Successful Flight

The Marine Corps’ highly autonomous, low-cost tactical UAV successfully completed its second test flight, providing a testbed platform for developing technologies and new concepts

Mar 07, 2024
Successful First Flight of Off-Board Sensing Station

The flight of GA-ASI’s XQ-67A has validated the "genus/species" concept first developed with AFRL as part of a program to build several aircraft variants from a common core chassis

Mar 04, 2024
Honeywell Supplying Engines for Germany’s Chinook Helicopters

More than 100 T55-GA-714A engines will support Germany's new fleet of the CH-47F Chinook helicopters, producing nearly 5,000-shaft horsepower, powering the aircraft up to 170 knots even in demanding operating conditions

Feb 29, 2024
Honeywell’s F124/F125 Engines Hit 1 Million Flight Hours

The Honeywell F124/F125 series is a family of afterburning turbofan engines designed primarily for advanced light fighters and advanced jet trainer aircraft featuring a modular design, ease of maintenance, and remarkable power-to-weight ratio

Feb 27, 2024
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.