Overview
- Organisers project about 148,000 visitors, more than 1,500 exhibitors and over 200 aircraft, alongside the largest Space Pavilion to date.
- Electric air taxis join the flying display for the first time, with Joby Aviation’s eVTOL highlighting the push into urban air mobility.
- India’s delegation, led by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth, inaugurates an India Pavilion and fields IAF Tejas fighters and the Suryakiran aerobatic team.
- Russia unveils an expansive pavilion featuring roughly 900 systems, including S-400 air defenses and Su-57E displays, as the U.S. stages F-35A and F-16 demos and a Bomber Task Force flyover.
- Industry coverage flags expectations of sizable commercial aircraft orders this week, though specific airline deals remain unconfirmed and framed as speculation.