Despite the scorching heat of this summer, the aviation world is not standing still. On Monday, the Farnborough International Air Show 2022 (FIA) will be held at Farnborough Airport in England. Since its first show in 1948, Farnborough has seen the debut of many famous planes, including the Vickers VC10, Concorde in 1970, the Eurofighter, the Airbus A380 in 2006, and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
After three years of a pandemic and restrictions, the FIA is a significant opportunity for aerospace companies to showcase development progress and innovation to a global, face-to-face audience.
In 2020, the live Farnborough Airshow was cancelled for the first time in its 72-year history due to the pandemic. The FIA organization launched the world’s major digital trade event for the aerospace and defense industries, called FIA Connect, held also in 2021.
The launch of FIA Connect saw more than 250 senior executives, academics, and politicians joined by 14,000 delegates from 97 countries. It served as a crucial opportunity for the industry to come together during a time of unprecedented challenge as the impacts of COVID-19 took hold.
Along with FIA 2022, on July 18, the Aerospace Global Forum (AGF) will also begin, providing a single global platform to drive immediate action, accelerating the transition to the Net Zero goal.
In the opening ceremony, Prince of Wales Charles will virtually welcome global industry leaders, CEOs, government, climate change experts and aerospace professionals to the forum. Future-focused topics, best practices and insights on seven central themes will be discussed: Space, Future Flight, Security, Sustainability, Innovation, Future Workforce, and Future Financing on the main stage.
Exhibitors will include, to name a few, Airbus, Boom Supersonic, Boeing, Dassault, Embraer, Aviation, GE Aviation, Inmarsat, Leonardo, Lilium, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Microsoft, NASA Glenn Research Center, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, RUAG, Vertical Aerospace, and many more.
In the opening ceremony, Prince of Wales Charles will virtually welcome global industry leaders, CEOs, government, climate change experts and aerospace professionals to the forum. Future-focused topics, best practices and insights on seven central themes will be discussed: Space, Future Flight, Security, Sustainability, Innovation, Future Workforce, and Future Financing on the main stage.
Exhibitors will include, to name a few, Airbus, Boom Supersonic, Boeing, Dassault, Embraer, Aviation, GE Aviation, Inmarsat, Leonardo, Lilium, Lockheed Martin, MBDA, Microsoft, NASA Glenn Research Center, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, RUAG, Vertical Aerospace, and many more.