Defense and Space

By Sean Broderick
Safran and MTU will form a 50-50 joint venture to develop an engine for a next-generation European military transport helicopter.
Paris Air Show

By Bradley Perrett
As it expands, Chinese carrier air power must cope with an increasingly complex air fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
There is now a two-horse race to develop a European hypersonic defense interceptor after MBDA entered the fray with its proposed Aquila interceptor.
Paris Air Show

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier told the Paris Air Show that Europe should not rely on cloud solutions from beyond the continent for sensitive information.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Turkish Aerospace CEO Temel Kotil also confirmed that Ukrainian-built helicopter engine deliveries are continuing despite the ongoing war with Russia.
Paris Air Show

By Helen Chachaty, Tony Osborne
Signed during a summit on European air defense, the agreement sees Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France and Hungary buy MBDA Mistral surface-to-air missiles.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
While not becoming an FCAS partner in the contracted industrial phases, Belgium will guide its industry to pursue work that could support future program phases.
Paris Air Show

By Guy Norris
The generator could be used to support the growing onboard electric power demands of advanced military mission systems, avionics and high-energy weapons.
Paris Air Show

By Jen DiMascio
Siemens plans to further grow its aerospace and defense business.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale Holdings has established a subsidiary in Paris, Astroscale France SAS, and is to sign a contract with the CNES to study space debris removal.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon Technologies sees an emerging demand in Europe for its new, longer-range radar for the National Advanced Surface-To-Air Missile System.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
Israel’s Rafael is claiming it will take an international lead in the development of an interceptor to tackle emerging hypersonic threats.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
A group of U.S. lawmakers will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to urge France to increase its support for Ukraine.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
Sodern has unveiled a daytime star tracker system to provide celestial navigation in daylight.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has finalized contracts with Japan’s MOD to enter the next phase of development of a new hypersonic weapons portfolo.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Ben Unglesbee
Aerospace specialist Incora’s bankruptcy serves as a stark reminder of how closely supply chains are tied to financial fates throughout an ecosystem.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia is considering acquiring more secondhand Mirage 2000s from the United Arab Emirates as stop-gap fighters as it waits for its new Dassault Rafale Cs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is working to combine rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustors for a turbine engine with a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet.
Paris Air Show

By Brian Everstine
Collins Aerospace says its new Enhanced Power and Cooling System for the Lockheed Martin F-35 will achieve Technology Readiness Level 6 this year.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
The agreement signed at the Paris Air Show between PBS Group and Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress launches joint development of the AI-PBS 350 turbojet engine.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Finnish manufacturer Patria confirmed a promised role in the Lockheed Martin F-35 program at Paris Air Show.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
European missile manufacturer MBDA's Orchestrike technology will allow multiple weapons to communicate their status and position to each other­.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
China’s state-owned arms exporter CATIC unveiled a new and more powerful variant of the Wing Loong series UAS systems at the Paris Air Show.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Aarok, a 5.5-ton MALE UAS designed and built secretly in France by a small company named Turgis & Gaillard, is making its public debut at Paris Air Show 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing's defense and space CEO says ahead of the Paris Air Show that it is "absolutely" committed to the CST-100 Starliner crewed capsule, despite new problems.
Space