Trump planning world’s biggest air show

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and NASA on Friday touted plans for a new space and aeronautics industry conference in the United States intended to surpass major air shows in other countries.

The event, called CapeWeek and slated to ⁠be held at ⁠Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will start in two years, Trump said in a speech. CapeWeek’s inception was billed as an alternative ⁠to similar gatherings abroad, and comes after the White House in September urged space companies to avoid attending a high-profile global space summit that month in Paris organized by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The new US show is aimed at promoting ⁠American ⁠power in space and aeronautics and attracting global business.