FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW NEWS DAY 4
JULY 23, 2026
AINONLINE.COM MARITIME PATROL Poseidon joins fleet Germany’s new P-8As are chasing submarines over the North Sea and Baltic alongside a growing NATO coalition | 4
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Airbus launches next phase of development program to find efficiency gains | 15
The Brontanax is aimed at the UK MOD’s Storm Fighter program of record for a collaborative combat aircraft.
BAE BETS BIG ON BRONTANAX By David Donald BAE Systems has lifted the lid on its hitherto secret Brontanax collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) program. A full-scale model was unveiled for the first time at Farnborough yesterday by the UK’s newly appointed defense secretary, Wes Streeting, along with BAE Systems group CEO Charles Woodburn and the chief of the air staff, Marshal Harv Smyth. In recent years, it has become clear that large CCAs will
be a vital element of future air forces, adding combat mass and persistence at around 25% of the cost of a crewed fighter, and at far less risk to aircrew. Air chiefs are clamoring for the capability as soon as it can be fielded and, in the UK, the Royal Air Force requires a CCA capability to partner Typhoons and F-35s by the end of this decade. In so doing, the RAF aims to become Europe’s first sixth-generation air force. BAE has worked behind closed doors on its own CCA program since 2022, starting with around 18 months of continues on page 22
REGIONAL AIR Staying close to home ATR analyzes GPS data to identify optimal locations for short-haul air services | 16
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