Emirates announced on Monday that it has ordered 65 more Boeing 777X airliners, adding to the 205 it has already signed up for. Worth $38 billion at list prices, the deal currently covers the 777-9 variant but includes options to convert orders into the shorter 777-8 or lengthened 777-10.

As well as being good news for Boeing, which has faced delays with the 777X, the Emirates deal is also welcomed by GE Aerospace, which supplies the GE9X engines. The additional order takes GE’s Emirates orders for the powerplant to 540.

In its first two commercial orders of the show, Embraer on Monday announced agreements with returning customer Helvetic Airways and new client Air Côte d’Ivoire for up to eight E195-E2s and four E175s, respectively.

Helvetic Airways’ firm order for three E195s is complemented by five additional purchase rights, with the first aircraft scheduled for delivery at the end of 2026. The order will enable the Swiss carrier to grow its Embraer E2 fleet from 12 to up to 20 aircraft, which Helvetic Airways CEO Tobias Pogorevc believes will “enhance [the airline’s] ability to serve various European customers through [its] ACMI [wet lease] operations.” Although Helvetic’s fleet is deployed across its scheduled, charter, and wet lease operations, the latter segment is the carrier’s primary focus.

Following more than 400 flights of its one-third-scale demonstrator, Honda is planning to fly its first full-scale eVTOL prototype in March 2026, with the build of the inaugural aircraft expected to be completed by the end of this year. The company hopes to have an FAA type certificate in hand by the early 2030s.

Although Honda has been relatively secretive about its upcoming eVTOL since announcing the program in 2021, the company’s inaugural presence at the Dubai Airshow is “good timing for us to showcase the progress of our research,” said Honda eVTOL vice president and executive chief engineer Susumu Mashio.

Fokker Services Group has rolled out a new solution for protecting civil aircraft from the growing threat of GPS jamming and spoofing. Introducing the technology at the Dubai Airshow this week, the Dutch company said it actively counters these threats rather than simply detecting them.

According to Fokker, the unspecified active countermeasures provide a “full-spectrum” defense that maintains uninterrupted navigation and enhanced situational awareness for pilots. The company said the modification kits can be integrated with existing avionics suites, and it does not require additional pilot training.

Having earlier appeared at shows in Zhuhai, China, last November and Bengaluru, India, in February, the Sukhoi Su-57 “Felon” is making its third international appearance at the Dubai Airshow. Starved of many options to showcase the products of its aerospace and defense industries on the global stage, Russia has seized the opportunity in Dubai to display a wide portfolio of systems, with the Su-57 being the most noteworthy.

A fifth-generation fighter with stealth characteristics, the Su-57 achieved its first flights in 2010 and entered service with the Russian Aerospace Forces in December 2020. Production for the Russian Aerospace Forces has been limited, with an announced 76 aircraft to be procured by the end of 2028. The type has seen limited operational evaluation in Syria in 2018 and has reportedly been employed against Ukraine, firing long-range missiles from within Russian airspace. Currently, the operational fleet is likely to number around 20.

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