Airbus A400M

Airbus’ A400M airlifter is set to receive a series of upgrades as part of a new agreement between the launch customer nations.

Defense officials have hailed the system after it successfully defeated incoming heat-seeking missiles fired simultaneously.

The budget committee OK’d €152 million ($165 million) for Germany’s contribution to the A400M enhancement.

As the threat of wildfires grows, industry prepares new fleets of modern fixed-wing aircraft to tackle them.

The long corporate nightmare for the airframer’s defense business might be ending as cost cuts and smarter bidding promise a healthier outlook.

Airbus has embarked on a cost-containment effort and a mid-term competitiveness plan as part of its effort to turn around its struggling space business.

Airbus is exploring initiatives to reduce the operation cost of its Airbus A400M airlifter.

Germany says it now expects its umbrella contract for Boeing CH-47F Chinooks to be signed several months later than planned.

Airbus has its eye on top-up orders for the A400M military airlifter from the UK and Turkey, among others, as well as new customers in the Middle East.

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Kazakhstan, which placed its order in 2021, is the second export customer of the Airbus A400M, after Malaysia, and the ninth country to purchase the airlifter.

Saudi Arabia and India will test the new appeal of the Embraer tanker-transport in a tactical airlift market long monopolized by Lockheed Martin.

France’s military modernization is ambitious, expansive and well underway, according to data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool.

After a revised assessment of its space portfolio, Airbus Defense and Space has taken a €600 million ($642 million) charge on unspecified programs.

Dutch startup is the latest to move away from all-electric propulsion and toward a larger hybrid design that it hopes will better meet market requirements.

According to Aviation Week Intelligence Network analysis, the new contract for three Embraer C-390s brings the number of outstanding firm or expected orders to 35, with Portugal, Austria, Brazil, Hungary, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic all expected to introduce fleets.

The Kazakhstan Air Defense Forces continues to build up its fleet, greeting the arrival of two Czech-made Aircraft Industries L-410 light utility turboprops at Aktobe airfield on Dec. 5.

The future seems bright for Embraer’s C-390 assembly line surrounded by sugar cane fields in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil.

Auditors have determined the UK Defense Ministry’s plans to purchase equipment over the next 10 years are again unaffordable.

The regional market for medium and heavy military transports is heating up as Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states work to modernize their airlift capabilities.

Aging fleets and regional instability are making Gulf Cooperation Council member countries prime marketing opportunities for airlifter OEMs.

Airbus has begun constructing a new maintenance facility for Germany’s fleet of A400M airlifters.

U.S.-led training highlights how air operations must change to prepare for a potential conflict in the region.

The UK Royal Air Force has demonstrated a nonstop long-range flight of its Airbus A400M airlifter, from the UK to Guam.

Airbus will coordinate 33 companies including airframers, engine producers and defense electronics specialists on studies for a new European airlifter.