Defense

The S-97 Raider is a high-speed scout and attack compound helicopter developed by Sikorsky Aircraft, featuring the innovative X2 Technology with a coaxial rotor system.

Tactical missile propulsion supplier X-Bow Systems came to the Paris Air Show this year to seek options for a European manufacturing partner.

Safran and its U.S. subsidiary can go ahead with a proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business from RTX.

Defense tech startup Mach Industries has completed a $100 million Series B funding round led by venture capital (VC) firms Khosla Ventures and Bedrock.

Northrop Grumman announced June 18 that it will use the Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard aircraft as a new testbed to evaluate autonomy.

A successful integration would see the H225M crew take full control of Airbus’ Flexrotor uncrewed aircraft system.

France has declared plans to acquire Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning platform to replace the country’s aging Boeing E-3F Sentry fleet.

A low-end collaborative combat aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works entered captive-carry testing within the last few weeks.

French armament procurement agency DGA has selected Daher as one of five companies to fly a medium-altitude, long-endurance demonstrator for uncrewed ops.

EURA—made up of MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines and Avio Aero—is planning tests of a demonstrator power and propulsion system in the early 2030s.

Lithuania has become the latest NATO member to select the Embraer C-390 as its future airlifter.

Boeing is considering a bid on the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, but has not yet decided what role it could play.

Diehl and Safran have agreed to work together on development of light modular air-to-ground munitions, the companies said at the Paris Air Show.

Embraer is working to refine its evolution of the KC-390 over the coming year to define its maritime patrol aircraft and refueling boom strategy.

Max Aerospace & Aviation Ltd has signed a partnership agreement with the Government of Maharashtra to establish a helicopter manufacturing operation in Nagpur.

Quest Global brings decades of engineering expertise to the UK defense sector, serving as a strategic partner to significant defense organizations.

The Eurofighter consortium is looking to reset its Typhoon upgrade plans with an eye on better integrating the fighter into future combat aircraft programs in Europe.

Italy’s Avio Aero has joined a growing European industry effort to develop a new helicopter engine with more than 300 shp for next-gen military rotorcraft.

France has established a framework deal paving the way for a single-source purchase of Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group’s VSR700 uncrewed rotorcraft.

Honeywell could offer a modified or an all-new power and thermal management unit to replace the company’s Integrated Power Package on the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Listen in as editors at the Paris Air Show break down Israel's latest offensive and how that country's defense companies have been walled off here at the show.

60 years ago the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s May 31, 1965, issue featured the three-stage Soviet missile, nicknamed Big Brother by Western observers, rolling through Moscow's Sverdlovsk Square during Russia’s V-E Day celebration that year (AW&ST May 17, pp. 26-31; May 24, pp. 20-23).

Anduril has teamed up with Rheinmetall to co-develop and potentially co-produce autonomous air vehicles and munitions with the U.S. company marketing to Europe.

Israel applied to a court in France to overturn the French government's effective block of Israeli companies at the Paris Air Show, but without success.