Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

The 15th Aero India gets underway at Bengaluru, India from February 10-14, 2025 with exhibitors from 15+ countries displaying their products including significant aerial displays of advanced 5th generation platforms such as Lockheed Martin’s...

Munich. Airbus Defence and Space has finalised the acquisition of infodas, a German company that provides cybersecurity and IT solutions in the public sector including for defence and critical infrastructures, and which is now becoming...

Taufkirchen/Germany. The HENSOLDT Group continued its profitable growth trajectory in the 2023 financial year and met its most recent, more precise forecast. Investments in defence and security as a result of the ongoing geopolitical...

Munich. Airbus Defence and Space has entered into an agreement to acquire INFODAS, a Cologne-based, German company that provides cybersecurity and IT solutions in the public sector including for defence and critical infrastructures. The...

Taufkirchen. Thirteen weeks of intensive work lie behind them: In August 2023, HENSOLDT Ventures and Starburst invited start-ups and mentors to apply for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Accelerator. The aim of the...

Getafe. Airbus has signed a contract with the Spanish Ministry of Defence for the development and acquisition of SIRTAP, a High Performance Tactical UAS that will reinforce the tactical capabilities of the Spanish Army...

Cologne: The German air force is planning an exercise tour through the Asia-Pacific region in 2024, accompanied by aircraft from France and Spain, the partners in the trinational Future Combat Air System, according...

Taufkirchen/Germany. This week, sensor specialist HENSOLDT invited the nine start-up companies selected for the FCAS accelerator to the kick-off event of the associated bootcamp in Taufkirchen, Germany, at HENSOLDT Ventures. HENSOLDT's Chief Strategy Officer...

  Getafe, Spain. Airbus Defence and Space has signed two contracts valued at € 1.2 billion in total with France’s Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) and Direction de la Maintenance Aéronautique (DMAé) for the Capability Enhancement and...

London: A landmark sixth-generation fighter jet project involving the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan is on track and will reportedly stick to its current timetable, revealed sources. Thus, the world may very well witness...

Taufkirchen/Germany. HENSOLDT Ventures and Starburst are pleased to announce the launch of their FCAS accelerator. The programme invites start-ups from NATO and allied countries to propose ideas for highly disruptive sensors. The objective of...

  Huelva. Airbus Defence and Space and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT. In a first step towards Autonomous Formation Flight and...

  Berlin. At the International Fighter Conference in Berlin Airbus and its partners introduced for the first time concrete details of the new Eurofighter electronic combat role (ECR) concept. This role will enlarge Eurofighter’s multi-role...