Farnborough’s $28 Billion Opening Act

Farnborough’s $28 Billion Opening Act

Share this story Every couple of years, the aviation industry decamps to a former airfield in Hampshire and spends a week trying to out-announce itself. Farnborough 2026 is no exception — and by the close of the second day, the scoreboard had already ticked past...
Six Flags, One Submarine Hunter

Six Flags, One Submarine Hunter

Share this story Hunting a submarine is a team sport. This year, at the world’s largest naval exercise, the team stopped stopping at national borders — and started sharing the same aircraft.For the first time at RIMPAC, the U.S. Navy is flying mixed...
Golden Eagles Cross the Arafura Sea

Golden Eagles Cross the Arafura Sea

Share this story The message came from Air Operations Command in Jakarta, and for the ninety-five men and women of Skadron Udara 15 it meant something none of them had done before: pack up five jets, cross the Arafura Sea, and go fly with the world.For the first time,...
Ten Nights of Fire Over Iran

Ten Nights of Fire Over Iran

Share this story Ten nights in, the pattern has become grimly familiar. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Eastern on 20 July, U.S. Central Command announced it had finished another round of strikes on Iran — the tenth consecutive night — hitting military command...
Indonesia Buys a Trainer That Shoots Back

Indonesia Buys a Trainer That Shoots Back

Share this story Jakarta went shopping for a frontline fighter and came home, instead, with a very clever trainer that shoots back.At Farnborough on 21 July, Leonardo and its Indonesian partner PT ESystem Solutions signed a contract with Indonesia’s Ministry of...
Europe Quietly Joins the Ghost Bat

Europe Quietly Joins the Ghost Bat

Share this story Australia built the Ghost Bat. Europe, it turns out, has been quietly helping all along — and at Farnborough, Boeing finally said so out loud.On 21 July, MQ-28 Program Global Director Glen Ferguson confirmed that Italy’s Leonardo has...
Turn Them Into Bean Tins, Says Emirates

Turn Them Into Bean Tins, Says Emirates

Share this story Ten Boeing 777-9s are sitting in Everett with nobody to fly them, and the man who ordered them has just suggested a use. Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, told The Telegraph at Farnborough on Monday that his airline will not be taking the...
Every Robot Wingman Unveiled This Week

Every Robot Wingman Unveiled This Week

Share this story Walk the halls at Farnborough this week and you will trip over robot aeroplanes. Anduril unveiled a tiltrotor on Monday morning. BAE and Lockheed unveiled a jammer an hour or two later. Boeing parked an Australian one on the static line. General...
The Ghost Bat Finally Came to Farnborough

The Ghost Bat Finally Came to Farnborough

Share this story Farnborough has been running since 1948. The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat first flew in 2021. On Monday, finally, the two met. Australia’s uncrewed combat aircraft made its Farnborough debut on the show’s opening day — on static display, in the...
The Biggest Order of the Day Had No Aircraft

The Biggest Order of the Day Had No Aircraft

Share this story Airshow order announcements are usually about aeroplanes. One of the largest deals of Farnborough’s opening day involved no aircraft at all. BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based lessor, signed for as many as 300 CFM LEAP engines — up to 200 LEAP-1A...