A roundup of news from the Paris Air Show.

Textron AirLand’s $20 million Scorpion Light Attack Armed Reconnaissance gains momentum with possible landing of a launch customer.

Aviation needs equivalents of the “concept car” to spur it forward, says new exhibitor NewFace.

MBDA will be the lead contractor developing the Medium Extended Air Defense System for Germany, which recently selected Meads over the Raytheon Patriot missile defense system.

Having only last month been formed to build the U.S.-designed Alliance StarLiner 100 50-seat regional jet airliner in China, Chongqing Commercial Aircraft Corp. has come to its first Paris Air Show with two major sales – together worth $3 billion – under its belt. A third contract is in the works.

Eduardo Munhos de Campos, who was vice president for sales at Embraer until last October, is heading efforts to establish a single, unified worldwide com- mercial structure for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100).

Aviation Week marked the retirement of a long-standing ally with presentation of a montage of historic front covers marking his tenure to Patrick Guerin, Director of the Paris Air Show.

Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of VistaJet says he’s confident of receiving his first Global 7000 in 2018.