1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (753+ words) Sikorsky details plans to bring optional piloting into production, expand the Black Hawk’s payload and range, and offer armed configurations to both existing and new-build aircraft. During the recent Farnborough International Airshow 2026, The Aviationist had the opportunity to discuss the…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (55+ words) The Aviationist sat down with representatives from Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and Sikorsky divisions to discuss and understand the firm's ambitions for the future of autonomous military capabilities. Lockheed Martin first entered the uncrewed domain in the 1960s, producing the D-21 surveillance…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (160+ words) Leonardo confirmed at Farnborough International Airshow that funding for the Proteus uncrewed helicopter demonstrator had been renewed to carry over through to mid 2027. Speaking to the press during a briefing at Farnborough International Airshow 2026, Leonardo Helicopters UK Managing Director Nigel…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (151+ words) Images released by Boeing of the Royal Air Force’s next batch of Chinook helicopters confirm long-standing reports of their similarity to the U.S. MH-47G variant. The new-build Chinooks will supplant some of the oldest examples currently in RAF service, some…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (54+ words) The secretive FalconWorks and Skunk Works are working together to develop the new Blizzard modular, multi-mission uncrewed air system, offering multiple launch options and payloads. BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin announced that their secretive FalconWorks and Skunk Works divisions are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) It is a large aircraft, classed as a Group 5 UAS alongside mainstays of drone warfare like the MQ-9 Reaper. Despite this, it is designed to be transportable inside a standard shipping container, allowing intermodal transport by road, rail, sea, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (998+ words) The well-known SR-71 owes its roots to a more obscure predecessor, the A-12 developed by the famous Lockheed ‘Skunk Works’ as a successor for the U-2. When Francis Gary Powers was shot down flying a U-2 over the Soviet Union, it…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (53+ words) Airbus announced the maiden flight of the first Eurofighter acquired by the German Air Force under Project Quadriga, which will procure 38 Tranche 4 jets to replace the oldest aircraft in service. The first Tranche 4 Eurofighter Typhoon for the German Air Force…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (267+ words) The MQ-25 Stingray resumed testing with its second flight, in anticipation of the expansion of the flight envelope and validation of the autonomous flight control code ahead of carrier operations. The U.S. Navy’s production-representative MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial refueller conducted its…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (638+ words) The visit was officially confirmed by President Trump on the Truth Social platform, where he also suggested that him and his entourage would travel on the ‘old’ Air Force One for “old time’s sake” to Mildenhall. This referred to VC…...