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.
Portugal is accepting its sixth KC-390, with an option for 10 additional aircraft. According to Embraer, the some of the new options may be used in future acquisitions by other NATO members.
With Navy acquisition programs already in a “mess,” the Pentagon is skeptical about adding a second sixth-generation fighter onto a strained defense industry.
With the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail facing a cancellation threat in the U.S., the AEW&C aircraft has demonstrated a new ability to control multiple uncrewed aircraft systems in flight.
ESA and French space agency CNES have not paused any activities potentially affected by proposed U.S. cuts to NASA’s budget, but are developing backup plans.
Boeing's Steve Parker defended U.S. industry’s ability to launch development of a second sixth-generation fighter at Paris Air Show, contradicting concerns by the Navy’s leader.
Lockheed Martin’s efforts to expand munitions production into Europe benefitting from a “sense of urgency” among governments, a company executive says.