U.S. Army

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon hopes to save $3.5 billion through its planned divestments of aircraft and ships across all services.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on DOD nominations to protest a policy of the military reimbursing travel for service members who obtain abortions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is modifying its recently submitted fiscal 2024 budget request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The electronic attack payload adds to the Army’s evolving plans to acquire high-altitude platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s top test facilities for hypersonic weapons are facing issues with equipment reliability and parts obsolescence.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
As the Army considers the CH-47F Block II production plan, Boeing expects more congressional additions and pitches more upgrades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Battery safety specialist KULR Technology Group has been awarded a U.S. Army contract to develop a high-energy battery platform for aviation applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Scramjet testing has scored several breakthroughs, but the path forward for the Pentagon’s portfolio of hypersonic glide vehicle projects is unclear.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants its Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk fleet flying for the next 40 to 60 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army will stand down flying operations on a rolling basis next week to focus on safety and training after a series of fatal helicopter crashes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is setting the requirements and looking to release a request soon for the second phase of the high-altitude ISR prototype program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army had previously planned to include surrogate engines for FARA prototypes in the event of T901 engine delays.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
AeroVironment is planning offerings for two new U.S. Army uncrewed aircraft system programs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s V-22 operators—the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force—have reached the end of their programs of record for the tiltrotor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Army in December announced Bell’s tiltrotor V-280 had won the FLRAA contest to replace much of its Sikorsky H-60 fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace has completed the first engine runs of its ATAK-2 heavy attack helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky is staying positive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
As the Pentagon rolled out its budget proposal earlier this spring, the U.S. Air Force was circulating its own legislative proposal to other services.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon is rolling out a new AI-powered electro-optical sensor it is targeting for integration on the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden has chosen a new uniformed leader for the U.S. Army.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The GAO denial of Sikorsky’s FLRAA protest shows the Army prioritized Bell’s submission detail and open systems architecture over Sikorsky’s much lower cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The SeaOnyx appears to be a new derivative of the Phenix Solutions Ultra UAS series, which features a coaxial rotor for vertical lift.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The Defense Department Comptroller recently posted a series of multiyear procurement estimates on its fiscal 2024 budget information website.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Lisa Atherton, Bell’s chief operating officer, has been named the rotorcraft company’s next CEO.
Budget, Policy & Operations