Few airline CEOs have had to confront a rapidly unfolding crisis barely a month into their tenure, but that was the reality that Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) chief Capt Nasaruddin A Bakar faced ...

Our 2024 World Air Forces directory details the military aircraft fleets of 161 nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, totalling just over a combined 53,400 in-service assets. Use the links below to ...

US defence contractors Kratos and Lockheed Martin have established strategic partnerships with South Korean aerospace companies, focusing on manned-unmanned teaming technologies and maintenance ...

FlightGlobal’s annual listing of the largest 100 aerospace businesses – based on financial data from 2021 – shows an industry in recovery from Covid-19, with production of commercial aircraft on the ...

The US Department of War’s latest annual assessment of Chinese military capabilities reveals significant progress in airpower development, including testing of two sixth-generation fighter aircraft ...

Facing the Soviet threat during the Cold War, the Swedish air force devised an air basing strategy that dispersed fighters throughout its territory, making it difficult for Moscow to destroy all of ...

While Beijing’s domestically produced engines are less advanced and require overhauls more than their US counterparts, the improving quality of Chinese powerplants underscores the urgency of ...

China’s political and aerospace leadership is painfully aware that its airpower ambitions are severely impeded by the lack of what it calls a “Chinese heart” – modern, indigenous aircraft engines. The ...

Beijing displays new Y-9FQ anti-submarine warfare and Y-9LG electronic warfare aircraft alongside unmanned combat systems, while Putin and Kim Jong Un attendance highlights growing security ...

BAE Systems has revealed the design of an autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) demonstrator which it aims to fly within the next two years. Displayed as a sub-scale model at the World Defense Show ...

Boeing is studying a re-engined derivative of the 767 widebody primarily for the cargo market, with service entry slated for the mid-2020s. Boeing is studying a re-engined derivative of the 767 ...

The Israeli air force has completed an extensive upgrade of its Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds, which one source says has brought the fleet back to "peak operational capability". Work conducted under the ...