Europe

By Matthew Fulco
A supplier of niche aerospace and defense components, Loar Holdings, projected confidence in its business prospects during a fourth-quarter earnings call.
Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Airline input is being sought on a long-awaited reform of Europe’s passenger rights rules, to make the 20-year-old regulation simpler and fairer.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The fifth edition of the French Air & Space Force’s AsterX space exercise is focusing on integration with other forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace said March 26 that it is now targeting the test flight of its Spectrum rocket to no earlier than March 28.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Sustainability and decarbonization were front and center at the two-day “Airbus Summit” held in Toulouse on March 24-25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Launcher Challenge, a keystone effort to diversify homegrown rocket options, has been formally kicked off by the European Space Agency.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s air forces need to relearn vital suppression and destruction of enemy air defense skills in a bid to restore their air power advantage, experts insist.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Mach Industries and Heven Drones will produce the first of these platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A new defense posture for Europe, called Readiness 2030, will call on member states to also invest in military mobility.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Victoria Moores
Europe resets its ingredients to achieve carbon net zero as the mission gets more complicated.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Europe’s LCCs are adapting to make the best of what they hope will be a good summer peak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta of Redmond, Washington, makes multiple types of electronically steered array flat panel antennas.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Macron said he wants to “open the strategic debate on protection by our deterrent of our allies from the European continent.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Spire in February warned that it could run out of money within a year absent the deal.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
A turbofan dumps its waste heat into the engine exhaust, adding to thrust.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
The chairman of Europe’s A6 Alliance, which comprises the leading air navigation service providers, sees challenges for the upcoming summer season.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Up to 4.2 million people living in rural areas in select European Union (EU) countries could be served by an LEO satellite constellation by 2030.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
Unseen Labs’ satellites pick up radio frequencies emitted by ships.
Satellites

By Victoria Moores
Arcadia eFuels and LanzaJet have flagged several EU policy discrepancies which are making it harder to get their projects off the ground.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Strong demand from allied customers has led to international sales accounting for a growing share of DRS’s overall revenue since 2021.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Analysts’ estimates of the exact amount of investment vary given that there is not a universal definition for what constitutes a defense technology startup.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Across America initiative is planned to begin at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European nations routinely make use of data links like Link 16.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Saab CEO Micael Johannson says the company sees “huge demand” for the 3D surveillance system and needs extra production capacity to keep pace.
Missile Defense & Weapons