Germany

As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.

The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.

German electric aircraft startup Vaeridion has started producing battery packs at its new facility in Oberpfaffenhofen.

Poland and the UK are set to push ahead with development of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile.

Space-to-cloud data and analytics company Spire Global is looking to team up with German automotive supplier Schaeffler in a bid to scale up production.

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.

Germany revamps defense procurement agency to streamline processes and boost modernization with new centers and closer industry collaboration.

H2Fly advances hydrogen-electric aviation with new fuel cell systems and aircraft integration services while targeting 2 kW/kg performance threshold.

Deutsche Aircraft wants to reenter the regional market with its D328eco, seeing broad potential, but building the aircraft after a 20-year hiatus is complex.

Newcomers enter the German defense industrial landscape as established players pivot to address the country’s surging appetite for weapons.

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Business jets used to fly military VIPs. Now they are being pressed into front-line duty.

Rheinmetall and Deutsche Telekom have teamed on an initiative to improve drone defense of urban areas and critical infrastructure.

Project developers aiming to create Germany’s largest eSAF facility have secured a €350 million ($412 million) grant from the national and regional government.

Swissto12 is to add an unfurling antenna reflector to a satellite in geostationary Earth orbit that it plans to use to broadcast directly to mobile devices.

Rheinmetall would plan to build Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bats collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) at its facility that is also building Lockheed Martin F-35 parts if it can convince the German government to buy the drone.

Spire Global has opened its satellite manufacturing facility in Munich.

German defense electronics specialist Hensoldt expects Germany to boost its commitment to the TRML-4D air defense radar system tenfold.

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr said May 5 that he does not expect a fuel shortage in Europe until at least the end of June.

Rheinmetall warned investors that first-quarter sales came in below their consensus expectations, but said that recovery in the current quarter would make up for the shortfall.

Dimor Group of Germany announced the closure of its Waco Aircraft Corp. manufacturing operations and aircraft maintenance services in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Liebherr-Aerospace’s Lindenberg, Germany, development and production site has delivered the first nose landing gear for the Airbus A350F freighter.

Airbus expects the Eurodrone uncrewed aircraft program to survive even absent French participation.

Ryanair plans to close its Berlin base and halve capacity at the airport from winter 2026-27, citing rising costs and an uncompetitive operating environment.

Textron Aviation plans to grow its European Distribution Center in Dusseldorf by 50% to strengthen parts availability and handle increased fulfillment requests.