Paris Air Show

The opening ceremony of the U.S. International Pavilion took place on Monday.

With both Boeing and Aviation Week commemorating their 100th birthdays next year, the two have agreed to create a digital, searchable, living archive of Aviation Week & Space Technology dating back to the very beginnings of human flight.

Satellite Internet startup OneWeb Ltd. has selected Airbus Defense and Space to serve as an industrial partner in the design and production of a fleet of 900 small Internet satellites.

The Aviation Week Network captured four awards at Sunday’s Aerospace Media Dinner at the Aero Club in Paris.

“Acquiring technologically advanced airplanes, such as the 777X, is integral to our expansion strategy,” said Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker.

Piaggio, the Italian producer of Avanti business turboprop, is nudging its focus toward the defense business, company CEO Carlo Logli has stated.

Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder attack fighter is at the Paris Air Show to woo further export customers. Improved, Block II aircraft are now being delivered to the home air force.

The launch next year of PeruSat-1 – Peru's first Earth-observation satellite – is the first of a proposed family of spacecraft built on Airbus's AstroBus-S platform.

It's already a record-breaking aircraft, but Airbus Defense and Space believes the latest iteration of its Zephyr UAV may be about to rewrite the future of air and space surveillance.

Spirit AeroSystems has come a long way in its 10-year history, continuing a pattern of steady growth while meeting production rate increases of major customers, Boeing and Airbus.

Yair Dubester, president and CEO of Uvision, told ShowNews that his company has dedicated its entire portfolio to loitering weapons. “We have developed a complete family of solutions, suited to a wide range of applications and scenarios.

Sino-U.S. partnership promotes SL100 airliner-cum-large business jet in a double European debut.

JAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL Group, signed a contract for the purchase of eight firm orders of ATR42-600s, plus one option and 14 purchase rights. It is the first contract signed between ATR and a Japanese airline.

We look at the fighters on display at this year’s Paris air show, including the JF-17 Thunder, which is making its European debut.

Embraer clinched firm orders for a total of 50 E-series models, plus 35 options, at the show on day 1.

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar al Baker used a press conference at the Paris Air Show to send a message to the CEO of Delta Air Lines after he signed firm contracts for 14 Boeing 777s.

A roundup of orders and announcements at the Paris air show, courtesy of SpeedNews

Satellite internet startup OneWeb Ltd. has selected Airbus Defense and Space to serve as an industrial partner in the design and production of a fleet of 900 small internet satellites.

Airbus is looking at increasing production rates for the A350 beyond the current goal of ten aircraft per month.

Bombardier's Fred Cromer and Rob Dewar take Aviation Week on a tour of the new passenger jet and point out features they believe will give it a competitive edge.

After developing and flying the systems for the U.S. military for years during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Textron is seeing export opportunities for its tactical UAVs take off.

Thales’ new Talios targeting pod should start flight tests on a fighter-type aircraft shortly, the company says.

After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

Airbus is confident it no longer needs a large Airbus A330 order from China to be able to sustain the new rate of six per month, according to Executive Vice President Procurement Klaus Richter.

Airbus is considering stretching the A380 as it slowly prepares a decision about the launch of the A380neo.