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By Guy Norris
Unmanned air system specialists General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has packaged control elements developed for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and earlier UAVs into an enhanced control and command capability.

CFM International announced orders and commitments for more than 1,150 Leap engines during the 2019 Paris Air Show, along with long-term services agreements, for a total value of approximately $50.2 billion U.S. at list.

By Tony Osborne, Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation’s Next Generation Fighter was unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week. Watch as our editors review the key features on the mock-up of the fighter on display at Le Bourget.

See some of the highlights from the air display at this year's show.

GE's Avio Aero built the world’s first fully integrated metal additive manufacturing factory and is a recognized leader in the field. Watch as CEO Riccardo Procacci discusses the innovations stemming from the company's lean manufacturing processes.

Avionics manufacturers are focused on how connectivity could provide pilots with the flexibility needed to make better decisions in the cockpit. Collins Aerospace is at the Paris Air Show demonstrating its Pro Line Fusion cockpit. Watch as wotshisface discusses the advantages.

By Joe Anselmo
Aviation gurus Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group and Accenture’s John Schmidt join Aviation Week Editorial Director Joe Anselmo to take a look under the hood at this year’s Paris Air Show. Watch as they discuss everything from aircraft orders to artificial intelligence.

By Sean Broderick
​Collins Aerospace, broadening its aftermarket services reach and boosting its backlog, unveiled $1.5 billion in newly signed multiyear deals.

By Tony Osborne
France’s Safran, and Germany’s Diehl have signed up to work together on the development of a small, lightweight tactical air-to-ground weapon.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Supersonic airliner developer Boom has slipped first flight of the XB-1 high-speed demonstrator to 2020 but despite the latest schedule change says the follow-on full-size airliner is still on track to make its service debut in the 2025-27 time frame.

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau
Embraer remains “committed to the defense and executive jets business,” the company’s new CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told Aviation Week.

By Angus Batey
GE Aviation is celebrating passing a major production milestone for its flight-management systems. The company has just delivered its 20,000th flight-management computer, some 35 years after developing its first.

By Tony Osborne
Safran Helicopter Engines has achieved European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification of the Arrano turboshaft for Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter.

In an interview for Show News Elbit Systems’ president and CEO Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis provides an overview of Elbit Systems’ growth and future.

By Thierry Dubois
Safran is entering an early manufacturing phase for electric motors.

By Paul Jackson
Having brought the second KC-390 tanker-transport to the 2017 Paris Air Show, Embraer returns this year with number 004, fully configured to operate with FAB, the Brazilian Air Force.

By Thierry Dubois
Under a new contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, Collins Aerospace will upgrade an additional 24 Lockheed Martin C-130Hs for ANG, the U.S. Air National Guard.

By Angus Batey
Johnathan Hoyle, CBE, vice president for Europe in LM International, discusses the firm’s European plans.

Lockheed Martin has revamped a seven-year-old concept for a maritime patrol variant of the C-130 to refocus it as a mission kit that can be retrofitted on existing or new-build aircraft.

By Sean Broderick
The Paris Air Show’s muted aircraft-order expectations and preoccupation with the Boeing 737 MAX’s struggles took unexpected turns late June 18.

By Steve Trimble
The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.
Space

By Angus Batey
Pratt & Whitney has made a raft of announcements during the Air Show, involving sales of geared turbofan engines for Airbus A320neo series aircraft.

By Paul Jackson
While the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules airlifter is writing history, its civil counterpart, the LM-100J, is busy rewriting it.

By Guy Norris
As aerospace accelerates toward a more electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a head start on its strategic goals in this sector with the surprise

By Angus Batey
Raytheon’s approach to the C-UAS mission set is broad, with a range of different radar and other detectors available in a variety of different configurations.