Aircraft leasing used to be fairly predictable. Rising interest rates pushed up borrowing costs, lease rates climbed, and airlines paid more to add capacity. When borrowing costs eventually fell, ...

For all the advances aviation has made over the past century, one challenge has never gone away: weather. Storms, turbulence, icing, wind shear, and rapidly changing conditions continue to shape every ...

Shield AI and GE Aerospace on Monday said they have completed integration of an advanced vectoring exhaust nozzle, including actuation and engine light-off testing, into the engine that will power the ...

The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on July 1 said it invited 19 companies to compete in the final stage of its second challenge round in August with a chance to win production orders worth a ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze “one way ...

Startup weapons developer Mach Industries on June 16 announced it won a contract award to serve as aircraft integrator for a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) program focused on developing ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Rick Adams, a leading aerospace expert specializing in the areas of training, simulation, artificial intelligence, and safety. A Fellow of the Royal ...

Mentioning the Pope and Elon Musk in the same sentence seems like the start of a bad joke, the kind that begins with two guys walking into a bar. But it’s closer to a snapshot of where the global ...

Editor’s Note: This week, John Persinos interviewed Matt Eales, managing director of EAL Engine Services, a UK-based aviation company focused on engine trading, leasing, asset management, teardown ...

The Air Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan (FYDP) contains more than $1.7 billion to retrofit 181 Lockheed Martin F-35As in Lot 17 and prior with the future Northrop Grumman AN/APG-85 radar ...

If connectivity is transforming aircraft into data platforms, then avionics are transforming them into intelligent systems. Next-generation avionics are now one of the most powerful drivers of ...

Aircraft operators have always chased greater safety and reliability. What once was good enough is quickly becoming standard in many fleets. One of the most significant changes taking hold in the ...