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Yair Dubester, president and CEO of Uvision, told ShowNews that his company has dedicated its entire portfolio to loitering weapons. “We have developed a complete family of solutions, suited to a wide range of applications and scenarios.

Sino-U.S. partnership promotes SL100 airliner-cum-large business jet in a double European debut.

Embraer clinched firm orders for a total of 50 E-series models, plus 35 options, at the show on day 1.

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al Baker used a press conference at the Paris Air Show to send a message to the CEO of Delta Air Lines after he signed firm contracts for 14 Boeing 777s.

A roundup of orders and announcements at the Paris air show, courtesy of SpeedNews

After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.

After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

Airbus is confident it no longer needs a large Airbus A330 order from China to be able to sustain the new rate of six per month, according to Executive Vice President Procurement Klaus Richter.

Airbus is considering stretching the A380 as it slowly prepares a decision about the launch of the A380neo.

Pratt & Whitney plans to fire up the first PW1900G geared turbofan for the Embraer E190-E2 at its West Palm Beach, Florida test site on June 15.

Dassault Aviation’s 6,450-nm-range tri-jet flagship shows off its maneuverability during a flying display with project test pilots Eric Gérard and Hervé Laverne at the controls.

The U.S. aerospace industry sports a larger presence at this year’s Paris Air Show, although it is unlikely that any U.S. military aircraft will fly.

The Bell Helicopter 525 simulation cabin for the 525, the world's first fly-by-wire commercial helicopter, is on display at the Paris air show.

UTC's board has decided to move forward with dropping Sikorsky from its portfolio.

Ukrainian manufacturer Antonov is expected to announce a new military freighter at the Paris Air Show this week – albeit one which is probably related to an existing and popular design.

A trainer doesn’t have to be the fastest, biggest or stealthiest aircraft ever, just predictable, reliable and economical. Air forces nevertheless have a long history of getting trainer programs wrong.

GE Aviation has built seven new factories in the last seven years, and is contemplating an eighth as it heads toward record production of the CFM56 next year.

The rivalry between Airbus and Boeing slipped the surly bonds of Earth in March when the American company launched its first two all-electric satellites.

Elbit Systems is developing new applications for smart helmets that will be able to sense when pilots develop life-threatening conditions in flight.

Flexible 777 production system will build metal and composite-winged variants on same line.

Investment bank and mergers and acquisitions specialist Lazard Aerospace & Defense has to be on its game here at the Paris Air Show.

Raytheon will sign the production contract for Lot 1 of its Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II) this month.

Airbus Helicopters has completed the first flight of its H160 twin-engined medium helicopter.

Fernando Alonso was working to bring the company’s flagship A400M airlifter project back on schedule. But the loss of aircraft MSN23 in Seville, Spain, on May 9 with the loss of four lives has created additional complications and delay as Spanish authorities conduct their investigation.

Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders provided a wide-ranging outlook on the company’s businesses during a meeting in Toulouse with AW&ST managing editor Jens Flottau and Paris bureau chief Amy Svitak.