Germany

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is lobbying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow a potential sale of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a third technology demonstrator, this time based on its H145 twin-engine light rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says it is testing a new architecture for its H135 twin-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The German defense ministry has completed trials of a laser weapon demonstrator that could equip warships for anti-drone defense.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The milestone follows completion of an industrial program review by Lilium and Aciturri in late August.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Walther Pelzer, the director general of the German Space Agency, participated in a signing ceremony.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Stuttgart-based H2Fly completed four flights of its HY4 testbed aircraft from Maribor, Slovenia, in September.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Discover Airlines CEO Bernd Bauer said the German leisure carrier is on track to acquire six Airbus A320s and grow its fleet size to 28 aircraft in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
A consortium of German companies has been contracted to begin building the IT platform that is expected to produce the AI systems for the European FCAS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin’s P-3 Orion maritime patroller looks set to have an extended operational life in Europe after Portugal purchased Germany’s fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
USC is a privately owned carrier focusing on operating Airbus A340s on either wet-leases or charters globally.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Rheinmetall is to supply Ukraine with its LUNA Next Generation (NG) tactical uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. government has approved a potential sale of the U.S./Israel-developed Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system to Germany.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German satellite launcher developer Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has secured €30 million ($32.8 million) from global investment firm KKR.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
Trade-offs involving battery weight and range are inevitable in electric aviation, but German startup Vaeridion thinks that it has a novel solution.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
German defense company Rheinmetall has broken ground on an F-35 center fuselage assembly plant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Chachaty
Germany's refusal to deliver Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia is a worry for Dassault chief Eric Trappier with France eying future FCAS exports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The approved package includes the AIM-120C-8 variant and up to 12 spare guidance sections, plus captive air training missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Alan Dron
German family-owned company Mubea Group is acquiring Switzerland-based RUAG International’s Aerostructures Germany & Hungary unit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing 737-based aircraft will be deployed to Germany for six months starting in October.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Airline capacity on German domestic routes will continue to be substantially lower than in pre-pandemic times, German air travel association BDL predicts.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s defense ministry has closed a contract with Diehl Defense to acquire IRIS-T SLM ground-based air defense systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Czech uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) developer Primoco UAV have teamed up to cooperate on small UAS development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung has purchased two VoloCity eVTOL aircraft for research operations starting in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is buying at least 140 of the F-15EX variants, most of which are planned to go to the Air National Guard.
Aircraft & Propulsion