Paris Air Show 2027 (SIAE Le Bourget)

The biennial aerospace, defence and space show at Le Bourget, twenty minutes north of central Paris: 2,400 exhibitors from 48 countries and 305,000 visitors at the last edition. It is an industry trade show, not a startup conference, and that is exactly the point: since Europe reopened the defence and space budgets it has become the one week where a dual-use, drone, propulsion or space founder can walk a floor containing the primes, the national agencies and the delegations that buy. Come for the trade days at the start of the week: the weekend is the public airshow. Note it butts up against VivaTech, so one Paris trip covers both.