The defence sector is set to account for almost as much as the civil sector at this year's airshow
The future European fighter jet, the race to develop drones and the quest for autonomy in the face of Washington’s unpredictability will be among the issues dominating the Farnborough Airshow, which opens Monday in England.
Held every two years, alternating with Le Bourget near Paris, this year’s airshow could also mark the comeback of Boeing, which is seeking to put the deep crisis that has shaken the group in recent years behind it.
“With the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s rise to power, there has been a real acceleration in issues relating to sovereignty and rearmament in Europe,” Pascal Fabre of the international consultancy AlixPartners told AFP.
While the defence sector usually accounts for 40 per cent of exhibitions, this year it is expected to account for almost as much as the civil sector, said the event’s managing director, Gareth Rogers.
