Defense

The strained relations between airframer HAL and the Indian Air Force were on full view during Aero India.

India’s navy has turned to private enterprise to find a way increase the capacity of its carrier air wings.

Four new senior leaders will report directly to Defense Secretary John Healey under the reforms.

The International Organization for Standardization container-based air defense system is called Gravehawk.

Analysts’ estimates of the exact amount of investment vary given that there is not a universal definition for what constitutes a defense technology startup.

Bill Guyan, Leonardo DRS president of international business, explains the importance of the Middle East to the company’s growth ambitions.

Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show is one of the fastest growing defense events in the world.

Embraer is confident that the European and Far East sales success of its C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft will soon be replicated in the Middle East.

Manned-Unmanned (M-UM) operations is an aspiration for increasing numbers of air forces.

Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus Defence and Space explains the company’s strategy in the UAE, the role of the C295, potential of the A400M and how the region plays a growing role in the global Airbus supply chain.

The launch of Powertech, the UAE’s ambitious play to develop an indigenous range of engines to power its own and other aircraft, is the lead story in the second issue of SHOW BUSINESS at IDEX. Read all the news from Day 2.

Bill Guyan, Leonardo DRS president of international business, explains the importance of the Middle East to the company’s growth ambitions as it brings its expertise in advanced defence systems to the region in this TATV Spotlight programme from IDEX.

Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show is one of the fasting growing defence events in the world.

Airbus is in discussions with companies in the United Arab Emirates over a workshare on the A400M to secure its first Middle East order for the airlifter.

Hanwha Systems is starting to push its L-SAM upper-tier air and missile defense system into the export market.

Rafael is introducing a new laser air defense system, offering a mobile version of its Iron Beam.

From the archives 30 years ago in Aviation Week on March 6, 1995, the cover featured an 86%-scale aircraft model developed by Lockheed being evaluated with a shaft-coupled lift fan propulsion system developed by Pratt & Whitney, Allison and Rolls-Royce.

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and with a subsidiary in Australia, IperionX is focused on titanium.

The UAE is looking to advance its space ambitions through a joint venture between the country’s Space42 and Edge Group’s new space unit, FADA.

EDGE is unveiling 46 new systems and solutions across its all-domain portfolio IDEX and NAVDEX 2025.

The 2025 editions of IDEX and NAVDEX in the United Arab Emirates opened with a splash with the organisers heralding record numbers of exhibitors and a highest-ever number of UAE-based companies taking part.

Disruptions to global supply lines are nothing new. They have been around throughout the 20th century and the post 9/11 era.

A new class of warship, housing potentially dozens of uncrewed aerial vehicles, is about to make its presence felt in several regions of the world.

Recent supply chain disruptions, coupled with increased demand, are driving a need for more overseas production and sourcing.

Russia’s defence export organisation, Rosoboronexport is showing a record number of products at IDEX.