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• Greg Waldron
BAE Systems is expanding its industrial presence in India as New Delhi pursues defense self-reliance, while New Zealand begins acquiring a long-range surveillance UAV. In the UK, TEKEVER and iCOMAT are scaling collaboration around AR5 production, underscoring the growing emphasis on sovereign supply chains and indigenous aerospace technologies.
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BAE Systems is expanding its industrial presence in India as New Delhi pursues defense self-reliance, while New Zealand begins acquiring a long-range surveillance UAV. In the UK, TEKEVER and iCOMAT are scaling collaboration around AR5 production, underscoring the growing emphasis on sovereign supply chains and indigenous aerospace technologies.
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SES will provide LATAM’s multi-orbit, electronically steerable antenna inflight-connectivity solution across more than 60 Airbus and Embraer twinjets, including its future E195-E2 fleet. The agreement comes as SES reports declining first-half revenue and adjusted EBITDA, while saying its Iris² deal is days from completion.
Embraer is seeing strong momentum as airlines increasingly seek smaller aircraft while Airbus and Boeing face long delivery timelines. The demand shift is boosting Embraer’s position as the world’s third-largest passenger jet manufacturer and underscores how production and delivery constraints are reshaping fleet planning.
ANA Holdings has ordered eight incremental Embraer E190-E2 jets for ACMI placement with Japan’s IBEX Airlines (FW, Sendai). The aircraft will replace IBEX’s CRJ700 fleet as part of a lease structure designed to expand capacity in Japan’s regional network.
Luxair will move to firm up its E190-E2 fleet by converting three existing purchase rights into firm orders and securing an additional incremental purchase right. The update strengthens the airline’s near-term single-class narrowbody capacity planning around Embraer’s E190-E2 program.
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Saab says it has secured a SEK 10.1 billion (about €910 million) order for two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft from an undisclosed Middle East country, with deliveries scheduled for 2030. Separate reporting also notes a Pentagon deal with L3Harris to ramp motor production for PAC-3 and THAAD interceptors.
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Embraer reported a record $34.5 billion backlog in 2Q26, its seventh consecutive quarterly high, driven by commercial, defense and services. In parallel, Azorra agreed to purchase up to 30 Embraer E190 passenger-to-freighter conversions, while Embraer’s India partner Adani reportedly explored launching an airline to support E175 production.
Binter Canarias has placed an order for five additional Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, further expanding the carrier’s mainland Spain network. Embraer also said the deal includes four additional purchase rights, reinforcing Binter as one of the E2 program’s longest-running customers.
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