European fighter orders are taking off again, with nations’ unease over the war in Ukraine turning into procurement action. Our cover image highlights a surprise German contract for a further batch of 20 Eurofighters. Plus, we review the health of the next-generation FCAS and GCAP endeavours.
The spotlight remains on Boeing’s recent safety performance, meanwhile, with the company’s chief executive defending its culture before US Senators.
Also this issue: work advances on NASA’s X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator; Dassault Aviation sticks to its Falcon 10X delivery target; and Sweden makes unexpected airborne early warning donations to Kyiv.
And ahead of the Farnborough air show, we assess the UK’s investment in disruptive aerospace technologies, go on the road with Saab Gripen fighters, reveal Grob Aircraft France’s TPX Cobra, and have an Airlander update from Hybrid Air Vehicles.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced European nations to assess their combat air capabilities, causing new developments and current programmes to assume ever-greater importance.
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun faced an onslaught of criticism during an 18 June Senate committee hearing, with lawmakers accusing the leader of failing to fix longstanding quality problems.
Michael Whitaker, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, admitted to US lawmakers on 13 June that the agency should have been more proactive in overseeing Boeing’s factories prior to the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 incident.
Boeing has disclosed fresh details on the progress of the X-66A truss-braced-wing demonstrator it is developing under a NASA-backed project, including confirmation that the aircraft will be powered by a derivative of the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine designated the PW102XG.
Dassault Aviation chief executive Eric Trappier is confident that the airframer’s revised development timeline for its ultra-long-range Falcon 10X will hold, despite continued issues in the supply chain.
Sweden has detailed a plan to donate its in-service airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) assets to Ukraine, and to expand its own replacement fleet of Saab GlobalEye aircraft.
US Navy (USN) budget documents reveal that the service plans to retire the newest variant of an unmanned helicopter it spent more than a decade and nearly $1.5 billion developing.
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Ten years on from its launch and post-Brexit, how effectively has UK R&D funding body and facilitator, the ATI, helped to cultivate disruptive technologies and future-proof aerospace businesses for the decarbonisation revolution?
Now a pure-play aerospace business, GKN is enjoying strong growth as part of Melrose Industries – and embracing a new mantra to design, deliver and improve.
Like a Nascar pit stop. That is how one former Saab Gripen and Viggen pilot describes the Swedish air force’s decades-old prowess in conducting road-strip operations.
First flown in secret five years ago, the TPX Cobra is set to hit the market in trainer guise – but its developer Grob Aircraft France is eyeing broader applications for the versatile, all-composite type.
When Allied troops stormed ashore at Normandy 80 years ago, the success of their campaign to retake Western Europe would cement the role of air power as a critical dimension in modern warfare – a legacy that endures today.
Having spent more than a century producing ever-larger aircraft, peaking with the giant Airbus A380, the aerospace sector is increasingly thinking smaller in a very big way.
Hybrid Air Vehicles is putting sustainability firmly at the heart of the Airlander 10’s appeal as it moves – slowly – towards certification of the world’s largest aircraft.
As a consultant, Katarzyna Kalisz helped foreign aerospace companies set up in Poland. Now the former professional pianist works for one of them, heading JPB Systeme’s fast growing local subsidiary.
The lighter side of Flight International.
Ukraine’s air force will soon be bolstered by the arrival of donated F-16s and potentially Mirage 2000-5s, as well as early warning aircraft – but will the additions make a difference?
Airbus may be besting its US rival at the moment, but a timely move by Boeing could put it back on top, says Hal Calamvokis.
