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New aircraft, AI, robotics, autonomy and space technology across Mid & Emerging Markets.

PTDI N219 Nurtanio →

Indonesia · Commercial aircraft

✓ Concept✓ Design✓ Build✓ TestCertification · NowIn service

N219-100 certification and first customer deliveries

December 2026 certification target; first Mitra Aviasi Perkasa delivery expected 2028

Korea next-generation launch vehicle (KSLV-III) – reusable methane launcher →

South Korea · Launcher

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Site selection for a second space centre for reusable launches and landings

H2 2026 (performance verification launch 2031)

Safran Querétaro LEAP engine MRO hub (Safran Aircraft Engine Services Americas, SAESA) and Safran's wider Querétaro site →

Mexico · MRO/manufacturing

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Up to 350 LEAP shop visits and 350 engine tests a year — by 2030

By 2030

ALSAT – Algerian Earth-observation satellite programme →

Algeria · Satellite

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Maintain imaging coverage under the National Space Programme 2020–2040

No next ALSAT satellite announced

LOTUSat-1 — Vietnam's first radar Earth-observation satellite →

Vietnam · Satellite

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First flight of Japan's Epsilon S rocket (JAXA target: fiscal 2026, i.e. before end of March 2027); LOTUSat-1 launch targeted for 2027 ("late 2027" per Vietnam's prime minister; "fiscal 2027" per VnEconomy)

2027

AYAP-1 — Türkiye's Lunar Research Programme →

Türkiye · Science mission

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Launch on a SpaceX rocket from Florida

First months of 2027; earlier target June 2027; tracker no earlier than April 2027

Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) — spacecraft "MBR Explorer" →

United Arab Emirates · Science mission

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Lander transfer to LASP (Colorado) for integration with MBR Explorer, then environmental testing; launch on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3

Late 2026 onwards; Q1 2028 (three-week window opening early March 2028)

Embraer E-Jet E2 family (E190-E2 / E195-E2) →

Brazil · Commercial aircraft

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Full-year 2026 delivery result against guidance of 80–85 commercial jets

Full-year results date not announced

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