President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for CapeWeek, a new annual aerospace and technology expo at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, promising an event bigger than the Paris Air Show. The announcement came during his address at the MAX POWER expo on 6 November, at the centre's former space shuttle landing facility.

CapeWeek is due to debut from 27 March to 2 April 2028, using the historic shuttle runway as its centrepiece. NASA, the state of Florida and Space Florida are partnering to develop the event, which will bring together commercial aircraft, private aviation and space technology on a 1,900-acre site.

Mr Trump told the invitation-only audience that the venue would become the premier site for air and space demonstrations anywhere in the world. "We're going to have a show the likes of which has never been done before," he said, adding: "We dominate and we should have the biggest show." He projected hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, billions of dollars in economic activity and hundreds of billions of dollars in deals struck at the venue.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman backed the initiative, linking it to the agency's wider ambitions, including the Artemis programme, which aims to test integrated systems in Earth orbit in 2027 ahead of a planned crewed lunar landing in 2028. The weekend also featured air displays headlined by the US Air Force Thunderbirds.

The project is presented as an American rival to long-established European aerospace gatherings, including the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough International Airshow. Reuters reported that the White House had in September urged space companies to avoid a high-profile global space summit held that month in Paris. No formal funding mechanism or construction timetable for the Florida venue has been announced. Florida Today reported the announcement from Kennedy Space Center.