Bastille Day parade 2026: full aircraft and helicopter flypast lineup
Each year, France’s National Day military parade begins with a large aerial display over Paris, showcasing aircraft from the French Air…
MBDA, Fly-R launch UAE loitering munition tied to Rafale offsets
MBDA and French drone company Fly-R signed a co-development contract at Eurosatory 2026 on June 18 to develop and industrialize…
Ryanair extends Michael O’Leary’s contract as Group CEO to April 2032
Ryanair Holdings has agreed a new contract that will keep Michael O’Leary as Group CEO until April 2032,…
RSI Europe, Ukraine’s The Fourth Law to build drones in Lithuania
Lithuanian drone manufacturer RSI Europe and Ukrainian developer The Fourth Law have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
US approves revised $1.5 billion Black Hawk sale to Austria
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Austria covering 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black…
Canada opens negotiations to buy Leonardo M-346 jet trainers
Canada has opened negotiations to acquire Leonardo’s M-346 Master advanced jet trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force,…
Thales pitches armed Schiebel S-301 drone for Apache wingman role
At Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Thales has taken the opportunity to present the Schiebel S-301 as a larger, higher-performance uncrewed helicopter built around…
Renault, Thales aim to scale Toutatis drone from 150 to 10,000 units a year
Renault Group and Thales are joining forces to prepare the Toutatis loitering munition for mass production, an alliance unveiled at the Eurosatory defense…
BAE Systems selects MARSS NiDAR for BATS counter-drone system
BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business has selected MARSS to provide the command-and-control system for BATS, its counter-drone capability,…
Thales unveils RapidStriker mobile counter-drone system at Eurosatory 2026
Thales unveiled RapidStriker, a mobile air defense system built to protect maneuver forces against drones and helicopters while…
MBDA shows complete Land Cruise Missile system at Eurosatory 2026
MBDA presented a complete version of its Land Cruise Missile (LCM) system for the first time at Eurosatory 2026, which…
Soframe, Thales, ArianeGroup present B-Strike deep-strike architecture
Soframe, Thales and ArianeGroup used the second day of Eurosatory on June 16, 2026, to present their X-Fire launcher and B-Strike munition…
France picks Safran-MBDA Thundart for Army rocket artillery
French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin has named the Safran-MBDA consortium the winner of the FLP-T deep-strike competition, opening…
EOS folds MARSS into counter-drone unit, courts buyers at Eurosatory
Electro Optic Systems used the opening of the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris on June 15, 2026, to present its…
France orders development of ASN4G hypersonic nuclear missile from MBDA
France has formally launched the development of the ASN4G, the hypersonic missile that will arm the airborne component…
Airbus partners with Ukrainian drone maker SkyFall on air defense
Airbus Defence and Space and Ukrainian drone manufacturer SkyFall signed a memorandum of understanding at the ILA Berlin Air Show on June 12, 2026,…
Bell completes first two MV-75 Cheyenne II wing structures for test aircraft
Bell has completed the assembly of the first two wing structures for the MV-75 Cheyenne II, the tiltrotor…
Spanish industry forms up behind Airbus-led Team Gen 6
Eight German aerospace and defense companies signed the Team Gen 6 strategic positioning paper at the ILA Berlin…