United Kingdom (UK)

The UK is undergoing a major overhaul of its military satellite communications architecture.

The flagship UK helicopter modernization program has suffered delays and shrunk in size before a contract has even been signed.

The UK has pulled around 30 arms export licenses for Israel that London signaled could also impact the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in certain circumstances.

The military transport’s four-turboprop layout would allow inflight testing of hydrogen combustion engines with flexibility and safety.

While the other eight engines ignited as planned, the fire in the ninth engine was “really difficult to contain.”

The UK and Australia will no longer need to apply for licenses to obtain U.S. technology for about 80% of their defense trade with Washington.

Amazon Prime Air will trial drone delivery as it has done during previous trials.

It may prove difficult to square commercial expectations with safety requirements.

A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.

The Lafayette, Colorado-based company will also increase its UK-based workforce to 15 employees and open a new office in Oxfordshire.

A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.

Blades of the first ducted fan thruster in the hybrid propulsion system are “spinning as we speak,” GA-ASI President David Alexander said.

Idbotic, a specialist in hardware encryption, will support Indra’s work on the combat cloud.

“It’s not right for me to prejudge what might happen in the defense review,” UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard says.

The first pillar of the Australia-UK-U.S. pact focuses on the sale of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s.

The facility in Chelveston, England, is planned to be operational by 2025.

Australian and Canadian companies have emerged as winners in the UK’s £1 billion ($1.3 billion) effort to develop a hypersonic weapon.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the UK's new strategic defense review will bolster what he called “our hollowed-out armed forces.”

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that delays and cancellations caused by crew sickness are not extraordinary circumstances.

Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally launched a strategic defense review to determine the UK’s future military posture.

The company’s in-house-developed engine has still yet to be fired up and fully tested.

Oslo has plentiful spares available to support the Ukrainian aircraft.

New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed new defense and transport ministers after sweeping aside the Conservative Party in a July 4 general election.

In the defense industry, all eyes are on the UK in July for RIAT and Farnborough. We kick off the conversation with a special episode about the British elections and what they (and those in France) mean for A&D.