Setting the goals to fulfill future market needs, IAI chairman Rafi Maor foresees larger drones, sophisticated robotics, air defense and cyber at the forefront of the company’s future growth.

Russia has seriously limited its participation at the Farnborough Airshow due to the deteriorated political relations with the West.

The UK’s defense ministry and Airbus Defence & Space will confirm that the company has been awarded deals to supply cryptographic key management solutions to three British military aircraft.

This year, with a development contract confirmed to put its SPEAR missile on the UK’s F-35B, MBDA is ready to shout about its successes.

A new variant of the Israeli Heron I drone made in Brazil made its maiden flight recently.

International customers represent 80% of revenue for most Ontario aerospace firms, in part because of free trade agreements with 15 countries, a highly skilled workforce, strong educational programs and a business friendly environment.

Aerostructures and component supplier GKN is mulling the future of the MRO businesses it inherited from its takeover of Fokker Technologies. Fokker Services was part of its EUR706 million (USD779 million) acquisition of Fokker Technologies from owners Arle Capital last July. The operation specializes in redelivery of aircraft for lessors, VIP conversions, and MRO on a number of aircraft types including the large fleets of aircraft built by the company when it was an aircraft manufacturer until the 1990s.

Together with Pratt & Whitney Canada, the company expects to have 100,000 engines in service by 2020 by when revenues will have grown to roughly US$22 billion