Diehl

By Jens Flottau
As 2024 nears its end, the usual rally to meet production targets is in full swing. But orders for customized cabins makes airframers’ work more complex.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Robert Wall
The EU has approved funding to support member state efforts to buy more defense equipment collectively, including Diehl IRIS-T and MBDA Mistral systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
Manufacturers are updating designs to save space, allow easier maintenance and increase sustainability.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Keith Mwanalushi
Cabin specialists are utilizing new technologies as demand for refurbishment returns, but supply chain issues persist.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Paul Seidenman
OEMs are offering more galley retrofit options for self-serve food and beverage stations as some airlines implement these features.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alex Derber
Industry efforts to improve the recycling of materials from aircraft have gathered pace in recent years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Armasuisse says Switzerland is on track to order mid-range air defense equipment from Diehl Defense after MBDA and Kongsberg pulled out of the competition.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The Bundestag budget committee has given the green light to funding the new Supersonic Strike Missile—known as 3SM Tyrfing—and acquiring at least two satcoms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Alex Derber
Skyways Technics’ Hungarian facility will have access to Diehl Aviation Hungary’s two autoclaves, which are used to treat composite material.
MRO

By Graham Warwick
Energy-storing structure; load-optimized cabin walls; Europe’s flying ship project; and solar fuels take a step forward.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has unveiled concepts for an uncrewed wingman that could support German Air Force Eurofighters in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Diehl's Feanix—Future Effector–Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, eXpendable—is an under-300-kg (660-lb.)-class, turbojet-powered, clean-sheet air system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Diehl Defense has lifted the veil on its development of an even longer-range version of its IRIS-T-based ground-based air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The aid includes “a high number of” IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air interceptors, German defense minister Boris Pistorius says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Norway’s Kongsberg has joined forces with the German business of MBDA and Diehl Defense to develop a next-generation, high-speed strike missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Innovations can help airlines reduce their environmental footprint and cater to evolving travel patterns.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The tool enables digital recording and reporting of cabin defects, powered by an artificial intelligence-based detection and classification system.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Two of Germany’s large aerospace suppliers seek better access to the U.S. market and Boeing, with very different approaches.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
At the heart of the system will be the Diehl IRIS-T surface-launched medium-range missile fire units,.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved €1.23 billion ($1.34 billion) in funding for the development of a new mobile short-range air defense system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
Next-generation aircraft electrical systems are incorporating design changes to meet requirements for advanced air mobility platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Capability Coalition Ground Based Air Defense is led by France and Germany and focused on delivering more equipment to Ukraine as it faces continuing Russian attacks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Austria plans to expand its ground-based air defense capabilities with the procurement of a long-range (more than 50-km) system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A contract signing on Oct. 31 by Europe’s Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation launches the SMS-led Hypersonic Defense Interceptor study.
Missile Defense & Weapons