Paris Air Show

The F-35A flying display aims to attract attention as the global marketplace grows more and more intense.

The big, annual air show in Europe has long been known for new orders of large commercial aircraft. But increasingly, emphasis is on the past and present.

Slow orders and supply-chain delays continue to weigh on aircraft manufacturers, but new models may appear.

More OEM vertical integration is coming, but so are new opportunities for suppliers, including non-traditional ones.

Leanne Caret, president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, discusses the revival of fighter programs, the state of play on the KC-46A tanker, the importance of T-X and more.

The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A will fly its first aerial demonstration at the Paris Air Show this year, with Lockheed Martin pilots performing aerobatics in the skies above Le Bourget Airport.

From the big rockets for human spaceflight to the swarms of tiny cubesats revolutionizing data and bandwidth, the space economy is making a name for itself.

Organizers of this year’s Paris Air Show are beefing up security measures following a series of terror attacks in France over the last 24 months.

After selling its cover to advertisers for 25 years, Aviation Week reclaimed the magazine’s most prominent real estate in time for the 1957 Paris air show.

Backed by larger-than-expected air show orders, Airbus is pushing hard for production rate increases.

The Hungarian LCC signed an agreement on June 18 for 110 Airbus A321neos and secured purchase rights for an additional 90 aircraft of the same type.

Speed is all what business aviation is all about, and the Paris air show is an important venue for business jet makers to display their long-range aircraft. Fred George takes a look at the aircraft on display at Le Bourget, including Dassault’s new Falcon 8X which is making its air show debut.

See what's flying in the air over Le Bourget at the Paris air show.

Aviation needs equivalents of the “concept car” to spur it forward, says new exhibitor NewFace.

MBDA will be the lead contractor developing the Medium Extended Air Defense System for Germany, which recently selected Meads over the Raytheon Patriot missile defense system.

Having only last month been formed to build the U.S.-designed Alliance StarLiner 100 50-seat regional jet airliner in China, Chongqing Commercial Aircraft Corp. has come to its first Paris Air Show with two major sales – together worth $3 billion – under its belt. A third contract is in the works.

Eduardo Munhos de Campos, who was vice president for sales at Embraer until last October, is heading efforts to establish a single, unified worldwide com- mercial structure for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100).

Aviation Week marked the retirement of a long-standing ally with presentation of a montage of historic front covers marking his tenure to Patrick Guerin, Director of the Paris Air Show.

Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of VistaJet says he’s confident of receiving his first Global 7000 in 2018.

Pratt & Whitney is enjoying a profitable Paris with contract signings for engine supply and manufacturing support.

Stratasys is showing large components destined to fly in an Atlas 5 launcher next year as part of its avionics cooling system.

Weapons and upgrades could define the next era for the worldwide fighter market.

Captains Mark Elliott and Estaban Arias flew the new 108-pax Bombardier CS100 regional jet in Swiss Airlines livery from Montreal-Mirabel to Paris last Friday so that it could be displayed at this week’s Paris Air Show.

Dassault Aviation’s versatile large cabin twin will be Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center’s first fixed wing aircraft dedicated to medevac services.

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