The sights of the Berlin Air Show 2024 [PHOTOS]

The sights of the Berlin Air Show 2024 [PHOTOS]
The sights of the Berlin Air Show 2024 [PHOTOS]

Defense firms the world over took the opportunity to show off their vehicles, airframes and more bespoke platforms at the 2024 edition of ILA’s Berlin Air Show.

Thales providing Eurodrone with secure communications platform (Exclusive)

Thales providing Eurodrone with secure communications platform (Exclusive)
Thales providing Eurodrone with secure communications platform (Exclusive)

Eurodrone is a four-nation European consortium, involving Germany, France, Spain and Italy, which aims to develop an unmanned aerial system for operation in a non-segregated airspace.

Airbus talks A400M airlifter risks, sees military order slump from Q1 results

Airbus talks A400M airlifter risks, sees military order slump from Q1 results
Airbus talks A400M airlifter risks, sees military order slump from Q1 results

The risks at hand cover qualification of new capabilities, operational reliability, meeting cost reduction targets and securing “overall volume” as defined in a revised baseline contract, according to Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.

Germany looks to close ‘peacetime’ capability gaps, targets €15B procurement budget by 2024

Germany looks to close ‘peacetime’ capability gaps, targets €15B procurement budget by 2024
Germany looks to close ‘peacetime’ capability gaps, targets €15B procurement budget by 2024

“What this tells us is that those projects once in the annual defense budget were not properly funded before transferring to the special arms fund,” said Christian Molling, research director at the German Council on Foreign Relations.