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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGeneral Dynamics, another top defense firm, will be there in limited capacity, with its Ordnance and Tactical Systems division attending, as well as business jet subsidiary Gulfstream at the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northrop Grumman hasn’t attended either Paris or the Farnborough air show for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company cited cost and the move to better align its resources to markets as being among the reasons for not attending general air shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In 2012, Northrop Grumman took the decision not to exhibit or offer a business center at the Farnborough International Airshow or the Paris Air Show, based on a number of criteria including cost….. Northrop Grumman continues to focus its international business development activities and resources in country markets around the world where it can support its customers’ defense and security needs,” said a company spokesman in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show organizers GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Fran\u00e7aises A\u00e9ronautiques et Spatiales) appeared unfazed by the big name no shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be a strong defense presence at the show with t<\/span>The French Defense Ministry and displays of companies such as Airbus Helicopter and Thales will contribute to the strong defense presence at the show, a GIFAS spokesman said<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n While the US aerospace sector will have a presence, it will be a static one as far as the defense sector is concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The organizers said there are no plans to fly any of the US military aircraft that will be in attendance, including the F-16 and F\/A-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US pavilion, though, will be second in size to the local French participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 250 US companies in the defense and civil sectors are planning to attend the show, with the national pavilion 10 percent larger than the previous Paris show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This story has been updated to clarify General Dynamics’ presence at the show.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n Aaron Mehta<\/b> in Washington contributed to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BAE Systems is joining Northrop Grumman as another major defense company planning to skip the Paris Air Show in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":113956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":94,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[29,33,94],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3351],"class_list":["post-52813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-show-dailies","category-home","category-paris-air-show"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"D7K4QSFCPZDFXJUF6S5OF44Q3E","arc_canonical_url":"\/digital-show-dailies\/paris-air-show\/2015\/04\/14\/bae-will-sit-out-paris-air-show\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n