European Union

By Robert Wall
The European Defense Agency has signed a contract with Isispace to build and deploy three cubesats to maneuver between low Earth orbit and very low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Commission (EC) has formally unveiled the long-awaited European Union Space Act to enhance the region’s industry and bolster resilience.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Thales Alenia Space is preparing a demonstration satellite for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) in low Earth orbit (LEO) for launch this year.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
Clean Aviation and SESAR have led a call to the European Union to support €66 billion of required sustainability investment between 2028 and 2034.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France expects sustainable aviation fuel costs (SAF) to rise to $750 million in 2030, as an EU mandate for SAF use rises to 6% SAF, CEO Anne Rigail says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Europe is a market transformed in terms of demand, but the task remains of beefing up the local defense industrial base, long accustomed to anaemic orders.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Richard Aboulafia
The June 24-25 NATO summit and Trump’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9 are casting dark foreshadowings over this year’s air show.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Europe rushes to make more defense equipment from electronics to missiles.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The European Union (EU) aims to wrap up defining high-level requirements for a governmental Earth observation satellite system in the fall.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Europe’s first defense and space commissioner, a self-proclaimed transatlanticist, sets an “ambitious” agenda for the region’s defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
As the Paris Air Show opens, tensions between Europe and the U.S. are at a new high.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European transport ministers reached an agreement on plans to reform the EU261 legislation that governs air passenger rights, but airlines are disappointed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Unusually, EU strategy shift mirrors European airlines’ wish list.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
Europe's space community sees improving procurement and project-oriented investments as essential to independence after the Trump administration takes office.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Craig Caffrey
For the first time since early on in World War II, Europe is set to spend more on the acquisition of military equipment than the U.S. this year.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Robert Wall
The European Union is backing a German-led push to investigate uncrewed air-to-air refueling capability and medevac operators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Finland says it is spearheading an EU effort to apply quantum technology to make PNT programs more jam-resistant and to enhance missile warning.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to sign an accord to join a European rearmament plan in a move to diversify its defense portfolio beyond the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
It is official: Repair stations with European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification must have ICAO-compliant safety management systems by 2026.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Uncrewed traffic management specialist ANRA Technologies UK has become the first company to be certified as a provider of U-space digital airspace services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
The European Investment Fund is putting $45 million into a fund run by Keen Venture Partners as part of Europe’s efforts to foster defense and space startups.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
From helicopters to space, Europe is investing to advance next-generation systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
ESA and the European Commission want to come to an agreement around what a future Earth-observation system should look like in advance of funding decisions.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The European Union and the UK have agreed on a new security and defense partnership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
RTX plans to produce the critical mineral gallium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with two local partners, the aerospace and defense giant said May 16.
Supply Chain