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Airbus opens UK helicopter academy as police expand H135 fleet under modernization and workforce development initiatives.

The 2026 edition of the Farnborough Airshow took place July 20-24. New firm orders for the major OEMs total 145 for Boeing, 131 for Airbus and 28 for Embraer.

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Flight tests are to validate performance characteristics of the open fan engine and long, thin wing.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Commercial aircraft manufacturers accumulated 304 firm orders on the first four days of this week’s Farnborough Airshow.

France plans to deploy an Airbus A400M for experimental aerial firefighting missions as wildfires intensify nationwide.

Collins and Safran are testing electric powertrains for hybridized turbine engines.

After the termination of the trinational New Generation Fighter program, Dassault Aviation is gearing up to work on a Rafale successor on its own.

Airbus targets doubling commercial operating profit by 2029 through production growth, services expansion and efficiency improvements.

Airbus seeks a major role in Europe's next-generation fighter while exploring new partnerships after FCAS collapsed.

Airbus anticipates more Gulf or Middle East airlines opting for long-range versions of its A321 as the variants become established in the region.

Airbus plans to flight test an experimental high-aspect-ratio wing extension on an A321neo by 2029 as part of its Wing of Tomorrow research program.

Airbus and Air Canada are partnering on a new C$13.7 million ($9.8 million) investment platform to support the Canadian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ramp up.

Airbus and Boeing have big enough backlogs. What they need is better execution, from the final assembly lines back through their supplier networks.

Lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has reinforced its confidence in the long-term single-aisle market by placing a firm order for 100 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.

SMBC Aviation Capital is extending its Airbus orderbook into the 2030s with a commitment for 100 A320neo family aircraft.

Airbus and Boeing’s commercial narrowbody deliveries reached 124 units in June—one above May’s total, and the pair’s highest monthly figure in the year to date.

Around this time two years ago, demand was high and uncertainty rife. Heading into Farnborough 2026, some things remain very much the same.

Chinese carriers have again turned to Airbus for fleet expansion, with the Air China and Hainan Airlines airline groups announcing orders for a combined 95 narrowbody and widebody aircraft.

The gross commercial order total for Airbus and Boeing in June was approximately half that of the previous month.

Airbus’ February 2025 announcement to delay plans to field a hydrogen-powered airliner sent shockwaves throughout its supply base.

Voyager Technologies, a contender for a NASA-backed, privately owned space station in low Earth orbit, is adding Penn State University to its associated space research institute.

The French Defense Procurement Agency has begun weapons firing trials with the Airbus H160m Guépard helicopter that it is buying for the country’s air force, army and navy.

Airbus has completed the first flight of a Tranche 4 Eurofighter.