Farnborough Airshow 2026

Sponsored by Honeywell Aerospace
Andrea Pizzarulli, Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships at the newly independent Honeywell Aerospace, talks to Aviation Week about the company’s expanded Fiber Optic Gyroscope technology.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Sponsored by PBS Group
Czech aerospace engineering firm PBS Group is ramping up its production of turbojet engines both at home and at its new US plant as it responds to booming demand from defense applications, both drone and missile systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Robert Wall outlines why European defense startup Destinus is adding a counter-rocket interceptor to its portfolio.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
At the Farnborough Airshow, De Havilland Canada showcased a revival of the Shorts 330, originally debuted 52 years ago in 1974. After acquiring the rights in 2019, the company is reimagining this aircraft as the "Pack Rat" for special missions.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Emirates is rejecting delivery of the first 10 Boeing 777-9s produced for the airline given the extensive rework the aircraft would need to bring them up to current standards.
Airlines & Lessors

BETA Technologies CEO Kyle Clark talks through the key features of the Alia aircraft, which is flying at Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The FAA has begun trials on the Bell 525 Relentless Advanced Systems Integration Lab (Rasil) as one of the final steps to secure the type certificate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney has named its new family of small, scalable collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) engines the Valox.
Supply Chain

United Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 50 Airbus A321XLRs on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israeli defense technology specialist Rafael should be able to scale its Iron Beam laser air defense technology in the coming years to be able to intercept even ballistic missiles, says Chairman Yuval Steinitz.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Malta is to boost its maritime patrol capabilities with the acquisition of a new-build Beechcraft King Air 360ER, Textron Aviation announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Raytheon UK revealed the Red Kite glide bomb, a StormBreaker derivative designed to deliver affordable mass for the RAF and export
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Weapons testing for the Royal Air Force’s new Protector UAS has been completed, paving the way for the service to use the platform in a strike role.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
An autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) being developed by BAE Systems’ FalconWorks and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is moving toward flight testing next year.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Sponsored by CDI-Hallite Aerospace
CDI-Hallite Aerospace – a new partnership between two firms in the Michelin Group - has been unveiled here at Farnborough with the aim to develop advanced sealing solutions for customers in commercial aviation, defense and space.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Karman Holdings, the corporate shell for U.S. defense technology upstart Karman Space & Defense, announced that it was expanding into Europe by buying Glasgow, Scotland-headquartered Walker Precision Engineering for about $94 million total.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Edgewing begins establishing UK, Italian and Japanese production sites while advancing GCAP fighter and engine development toward production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney says it is in talks with “multiple weapons primes” to flight test its rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Patriot manufacturers begin early planning with the U.S. government to explore potential interceptor production in Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Vertical Aerospace marked a major milestone in its history - and that of Farnborough Airshow - by becoming the show's first-ever eVTOL flight demonstration.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
SMBC Aviation Capital is extending its Airbus orderbook into the 2030s with a commitment for 100 A320neo family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft developed by Airbus Defence and Space as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities.
Defense

By Guy Norris
India's largest airline IndiGo has signed an agreement with CFM International that covers an order of more than 1,000 Leap-1A engines, continuing the LCC's transition away from the Pratt & Whitney GTF on its A320neo-family fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled Ellyon, a business jet-based electronic attack and ISR aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
AFI KLM E&M and lessor AerCap have formalized plans to establish a CFM International Leap leasing joint venture to ease asset availability constraints as the global fleet of aircraft powered by the engine family continues to expand.
Aircraft & Propulsion