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Norsk has announced it has completed design of a new, larger RPD printer. The G-IVL will be able to print larger and more complex metal parts, and to do so more quickly than current printers.

By Paul Jackson
Airbus’ decision, announced in February, to terminate the A380 after the 274th production example leaves a large hole in the Paris Air Show static display. But, while down, the superjumbo is not quite yet out.

By Robert W. Moorman
Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt, who assumed his post in January, is assuring businesses that the state is business-friendly and pushing to be among the top ten states attracting aerospace companies.

By Angus Batey
The Luftwaffe is committed to operating the Tornado until at least 2030 – with any further delay in selecting a replacement inevitably extending the type’s in-service life.

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s aerospace and defense industry will be making noise both in the air and on the ground at this year’s Paris Air Show.

As dumb bombs are disappearing from most markets, precision has become the yardstick for modern weapons.

By Angus Batey
Attacks progress faster than most humans can think so it is easy to understand why technologies based on machine learning and artificial intelligence have taken hold in the cybersecurity marketplace.

By Angus Batey
CAE has set itself to turn around and though there was never any expectation that the process would be swift, Gene Colabatistto, argues that the process is proceeding apace.

As a maritime domain awareness system, Oscar helps surveillance operations to focus on illegal activities at sea.

By Tony Osborne
Six years since Finmeccanica, now Leonardo, first touted its M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) proposal in Paris, the company has finally brought the first prototype to the show.

By Jens Flottau
Air Lease Corporation placed an order for 50 Airbus A220-300s on the opening day of the Paris Air Show, providing the program with a welcome boost in confidence by a key player.

By Angus Batey
Leonardo has unveiled the latest, third, iteration of its Falco unmanned aircraft system—the Falco Xplorer.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Boeing is revising the 777X test plan to maximize ground evaluations as it attempts to compensate for a lengthy delay to first flight following the recent discovery of a durability issue on the aircraft’s General Electric GE9X engines.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Marking her first month as Pratt & Whitney Canada president, Maria Della Posta assumes her role at a buoyant time for the company across virtually every propulsion sector.

By Paul Jackson
Four Gulfstream business jets grace the Le Bourget static display this week, illustrating the high level of innovation.

By Thierry Dubois
As part of the definition phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the French Ministry of Armed Forces is here with a demonstration movie of a “new-generation collaborative combat” mission in 2040.

The cloudy aerospace crystal ball indicates Airbus will potentially launch the A321XLR. Boeing, however, will not launch the NMA, but will set out the reentry program of the 737 MAX in more detail.

By Jens Flottau
Emirates airline is in talks with Boeing to spread out deliveries of the Boeing 777X over a longer period of time and will likely switch to the 787-9 from the larger -10.

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon has unveiled on the eve of the Paris Air Show a new vision for a future scramjet-powered hypersonic missile.

By Angus Batey
Thales launches TrUE AI – not so much a product as a new way of thinking and talking about AI-based security.

By Angus Batey
Cybersecurity ought to be a market where the biggest defense contractors can take a leading position.

By Graham Warwick
Israeli startup Eviation is displaying the first prototype of its Alice all-electric regional aircraft at this year’s Paris Air Show.

By Graham Warwick
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with completion of the $300 million sale of the Dash 8 program by Bombardier to Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.

By Tony Osborne
Spain is expected to formally sign up to the Franco-German fighter development at the Paris Air Show, local media reports have suggested.

As president and CEO of AIA, Fanning is facing numerous issues affecting association members representing manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military and business fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, space systems, engines, missiles and unmanned aerial systems.