ILA Berlin 2026

By Robert Wall
Rohde & Schwarz is getting into the increasingly contested market for laser-based counter-drone system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Ben Goldstein
German advanced air mobility startup ERC System has unveiled a new heavy-lift cargo drone aimed at military resupply and critical logistics missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Diehl Defense has revealed a mobile launcher for its ground-launched IRIS-T missile that will be capable of firing the weapon on the move.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus will need to assimilate its growth in the coming years, as difficulties ramping up production according to plan show, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Airbus has shared plans to have an in-house developed system called the U760 Ravenstorm ready for delivery by 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Growing demand for high-end uncrewed aircraft is prompting MTU Aero Engines to explore at least a partial reset of its design philosophy in an effort to establish itself as a major propulsion provider for such systems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The German Air Force is undergoing an intense period of modernization through the end of the decade that will do more than just revitalize its core air dominance role, says Luftwaffe Inspector Lt. Gen. Holger Neumann.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Joe Anselmo, Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Aviation Week editors discuss how Europe is reshaping its military and commercial aviation sectors amid growing security concerns.
Check 6

By Robert Wall
European defense tech startup Stark has unveiled a tube-launched loitering munition and quadcopter for potential weaponization.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lufthansa Technik is preparing to ramp up its defense activities as Germany starts introducing into service a range of new aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is getting ready to unveil an uncrewed variant of its H145 twin-engine light helicopter at Berlin’s ILA Airshow, which opens June 10.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Hensoldt, Indra and Leonardo are preparing to begin airborne trials of the new European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk.1 radar destined for use on German and Spanish Eurofighters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Craig Caffrey
Circumstances and priorities can change rapidly and targets can quickly be forgotten, but there can be no doubting Germany's commitment to expanding its military capabilities.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Steve Trimble
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

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MRO

By Jens Flottau
As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The German armed forces are starting to refine their space operational plans, including for the deployment of offensive capabilities.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Germany revamps defense procurement agency to streamline processes and boost modernization with new centers and closer industry collaboration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Craig Caffrey, Robert Wall
Germany has massive defense spending plans. Here’s what they look like.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Newcomers enter the German defense industrial landscape as established players pivot to address the country’s surging appetite for weapons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
OHB and Helsing form KIRK joint venture for military space surveillance and targeting tech.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare