Defense

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.

SAUDI ARAMCO ordered two C-27J firefighting/multi-mission aircraft for operation by ALOULA AVIATION from 2027.

OCCAR reached agreement with Airbus to accelerate delivery schedule of seven A400Ms for FRANCE (4) and SPAIN (3).

Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell have completed the first autonomous test flight of a Leonardo AW139 medium helicopter modified to uncrewed operation.

French drone maker Parrot has unveiled an all-in-one autopilot, camera and radio module for small UAVs.

Taiwan will buy military drone software that Ukraine has used to defend itself against Russia from the Virginia-headquartered defense technology firm Auterion.

The USAF's Air Mobility Command is calling on industry to take some initial steps to fill newly defined gaps in its aeromedical evacuation.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Borsight Inc. a contract worth up to $2.18 billion to replace the avionics for its entire T-6 Texan II trainer fleet.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed the first major upgrade package on a P-8 Poseidon.

Supply chain and manufacturing issues have held back the planned first flights of the next two Kaan combat aircraft prototypes.

Top executives at ArianeGroup, Arianespace, Avio and the European Space Agency (ESA) are now turning their attention to increasing launch cadences.

Pratt & Whitney says the BWB in development by JetZero is an “interesting opportunity” for the potential launch of an updated version of the PW2000, an engine which first entered commercial service on the Boeing 757 in January 1983.

GA-ASI CEO David Alexander has kicked off the international sales campaign for the YFQ-42 collaborative combat aircraft at the Paris Air Show.

Following a dispute over equipment displays, Paris Air Show authorities shut down Israeli Aerospace International's booth - prompting IAI, Elbit Systems and Rafael to pull out of the show.

Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.

Leonardo and Bombardier have agreed to collaborate around maritime multi-mission aircraft derivatives of the Global 6500 business jet.

Tensions over the potential workshare within the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS program resurfaced on the second day of the Paris Air Show.

RTX says they have achieved positive thrust with a rotating detonation combustor in a turbine engine in a relevant thrust class for a weapon.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office has completed the first zero-altitude escape flight test of its next-generation Mengzhou crewed spacecraft.

France and Spain have committed to accelerate Airbus A400M purchases in a bid to underpin the long-term production outlook for the military transport.

Diehl says it would expand work with defense electronics specialist Hensoldt to evolve its air and missile defense equipment as battlefield requirements change.

Safran detailed some upgrades it is making to the M88 engine under the T-REX program to boost thrust and address the power needs of the new Dassault Rafale F5.