Spain

By Ben Goldstein
EHang has announced the sale of 41 autonomous EH216-S multicopter eVTOLs to a special economic zone in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European militaries should expedite their pursuit of collaborative combat aircraft, Airbus Defense & Space CEO Michael Schoelhorn argues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
While Trump rattles alliances, Europe is betting big on U.S. jets while keeping its own in play.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup Dovetail Electric Aviation plans to use immersion cooling to improve the safety and performance of battery packs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has branded its modular crewed-uncrewed teaming (CUC-T) capabilities for rotorcraft, marketing it as HTeaming.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Arkadia Space of Spain says its in-space demonstration of its hydrogen peroxide green monopropellant has been successful.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain has canceled a €285 million ($325.8 million) purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
It is hard to hear aircraft take off amid the noise of metal being machined in the workshops of the Turkish Air Force’s 2nd Air Maintenance Factory Directorate.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The European Union is backing a German-led push to investigate uncrewed air-to-air refueling capability and medevac operators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Italy and Spain are testing the limits of what qualifies as military expenditure in their efforts to meet NATO’s 2% of GDP defense spending target.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace General Manager Mehmet Demiroglu says the company’s Hurjet could become the training platform for NATO nations.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Alan Dron
UK air traffic control organization NATS has awarded Indra a contract to replace radars at 10 sites in the UK.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has outlined plans to raise Spain’s defense spending to 2% of GDP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By David Casey
Capacity from and within Spain is set to reach an all-time high during the summer 2025 season, building on record passenger traffic achieved in 2024.
Airports & Networks

By Garrett Reim
A €70 million ($75.7 million) Series B round to fund the deployment of a 100-sat 5G internet-of-things constellation has been closed by Sateliot.
Satellites

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
Spanish Air Chief Gen. Francisco Braco Carbo was flown in one of two Hurjet development aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By David Casey
Spain welcomed more than 1 million visitors from Mexico in 2024, setting a milestone for travel between the two countries as airline capacity hit record levels.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Turbulence canceling; deep learning controls flow; stratospheric test flight; and imaging manufacturing defects.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Alef is conducting flight testing of a lighter prototype, the Model Zero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
In its annual report, published Feb. 19, Pilatus says the situation with suppliers post-COVID “remains challenging.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German defense electronics company Hensoldt says it has secured a $367 million contract for work on the Eurofighter Mk. 1 radar for use by Germany and Spain.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Alan Dron
IAG’s Spain-based transatlantic LCC is playing it smart while setting down roots (and routes) to the Americas.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Satnus joint venture, established to develop autonomous remote carrier technologies for the European FCAS, has completed its first flight test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion