AFP, FARNBOROUGH, England
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The future European fighter jet, the race to develop drones and the quest for autonomy in the face of Washington’s unpredictability would be among the issues dominating the Farnborough International Airshow, which opened yesterday 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 the past few years behind it. “With the war in Ukraine and [US President] 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 said.
The hold of an ALIA MV250 autonomous hybrid VTOL aircraft, manufactured by BETA Technologies Inc, at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, is pictured yesterday.
While the defense sector usually accounts for 40 percent of exhibitions, this year it is expected to account for almost as much as the civil sector, event managing director Gareth Rogers said.Following its recent spectacular deep strikes against Russian refineries and military installations, Ukraine has a large presence at the exhibition, where additional space has been set aside to accommodate its exhibitors.
