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The three-year Battage—a moniker combining "battery" and "age"—is led by Italy and involves participants from Belgium, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands.

The European Commission (EC) detailed plans to allow members of the public to challenge state aid decisions on environmental grounds.

European nations routinely make use of data links like Link 16.

ASD civil aviation director Vincent De Vroey has cautioned that funding for EASA and technology research must be protected in the upcoming EU budget review.

The European Union (EU) is kicking off a new round of competitions for collaborative defense R&D efforts with €1.07 billion ($1.1 billion) in funding for the 2025 European Defense Fund (EDF) work program.

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee is calling for more money to go into its defense industrial program to bolster the bloc’s preparedness.

After repeated delays, there is still no fixed start date, but airlines are relieved that the European Commission has decided on a progressive rollout.

Shifting geopolitical realities are driving European space leaders to push defense and security up the space agenda.

New biomass and e-fuel projects are getting underway, but European SAF volumes still have a long way to go.

Overall, the head of IAG’s sustainability initiatives is calmly confident about where the industry is headed.

The outlook for meeting 2050 net zero carbon goals is uncertain at best.

EU Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says the union should model cooperative approaches to defense based on its success in space collaborations.

India has become an observer on the Eurodrone program, the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation, which oversees the effort, said Jan. 21.

The UK government wants to increase the fee for its newly introduced Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) by 60% in a move that IATA described as “bewildering.”

Daher has opened a technology center in southwestern France located at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to advance its efforts toward sustainable aviation.

A Transport & Environment report highlights the challenge in squaring aviation growth with net-zero emissions plans.

China’s electric first; Europe’s regional certification; Dutch LH2 demo; and South Korean eVTOL.

It is not quite Starlink, but Europe aims to have its own commercial satellite communication mega-ish constellation ready starting in 2030.

The €53 million ($54.9 million) aircraft will be used for range of missions, Irish defense officials say.

Member states are expected to provide €4.8 billion and the European Union €1.7 billion, with an additional €1.2 billion coming from other sources.

European officials plan to move quickly to put on contract risk reduction efforts for the IRIS² satellite communications program to mature critical tech.

Africa's Air Tanzania has been banned from operating to and within the EU under the latest iteration of the EU Air Safety List.

The EU and ESA signed a concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure, sovereign communications system.

Against the backdrop of efforts to reduce aviation CO2 emissions, the impact of contrails and other non-CO2 effects is increasingly in focus.

After years of talking about collective defense, the EU wants to make 2025 the year it really advances efforts to boost the region’s military capacity.