Thales

By Tony Osborne
The British Army decided to withdraw its Thales Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) because they are “no longer fit for operational purpose."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus says the bulk of the head-count reduction it disclosed in October will hit its space segment, with over half of the 2,043 positions being eliminated.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The UK has opened a fraud probe into Thales.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Work is underway on a European-funded research and development effort to help protect aircraft systems from cyberattacks.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry is to chop Chinook and Puma helicopters from its inventory as well as the troubled fleet of Watchkeeper uncrewed air systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Thales is investigating a new method to help prevent aircraft from flying too close from one another in a given airspace.
Connected Aerospace

By Robert Wall
Thales says it has signed a contract with NATO’s arms procurement organization to provide a ForceShield very-short-range air-defense system to Portugal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Thales forecasts earnings margins to bounce back to more than 7% by 2028 from the 1% the business generated last year.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Australia will invest an initial $208 million to establish a local production facility for Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Boeing says it has agreed to sell its Digital Receiver Technology (DRT) business to Thales after several months of looking for a buyer.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
The latest deals come as RTX works to close several legacy investigations of RTX’s Raytheon defense division.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
France has conducted the first qualification launch of the Aster 30 B1NT air- and missile-defense interceptor as it targets entry into service in 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Swaati Ketkar
The airline has started retrofits on its Airbus A320neos and will move on to its Boeing widebodies in early 2025.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Robert Wall
Paris has revealed further details of France and Italy's plans to acquire a new version of the SAMP/T as it rushes upgrade air and missile defense capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Thales is looking to begin industrialization of its Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon developed in the UK.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The UK plans to send a further 650 Thales Lightweight Multirole Missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country’s ability to battle Russian forces.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The EU says it has received one bid from the SpaceRISE consortium—SAS, Eutelsat and Hispasat—to develop and deploy the sovereign satcom constellation IRIS2.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Testing contrail avoidance; Spectrum for UAS control; Electrifying the King Air; Longer-lived batteries.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
French carrier Amelia has analyzed a dozen flight plans and modified some of them to prevent the formation of contrails as part of a broader Thales-led project.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s sweeping changes to certification-related safety assessments address four long-standing NTSB recommendations that emerged from three accident probes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Leonardo is talking to Airbus and Thales about linking their satellite manufacturing businesses, officials say—which could help the companies to deal with slow demand.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Thales reported an increase in large orders in the first half, driven by the aeronautics and defense and security businesses, leaving it with a record orderbook.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Paris drone pact is the first step in structuring the highly fragmented French UAS industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion