Airbus is teaming up with IBM, LiveEO and IABG to develop and offer Germany a way to process vast amounts of Earth-observation data using advanced AI software.
Airbus completes the first flight of a Kratos Valkyrie CCA demonstrator in Sweden, targeting a 2028 weapons release test for Germany’s emerging CCA requirement.
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding with Northrop Grumman to support NATO plans to introduce the latter’s Triton high-altitude uncrewed air system.
German defense startup Quantum Systems says it has raised $1.2 billion through a funding round backed by Airbus that boosts its valuation to $8 billion.
Eight years after Airbus and Dassault shook hands at the ILA Berlin Air Show to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft, France and Germany have decided to go their separate ways.
With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.
Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn hopes France and Germany will finally resolve the path forward for the New Generation Fighter program by ILA.
European efforts to demonstrate CCA efforts are gaining pace, with Airbus saying it is looking to fly two modified Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie systems before year end.
Thales says the ability to quickly deliver the Eurosam SAMP/T NG could give the air and missile defense system an edge over the rival Raytheon Patriot system.
