United Kingdom (UK)

By Tony Osborne
Executives from BAE Systems, Leonardo, MBDA and Rolls-Royce argue that the UK should not rely on other nations when it comes to defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The new targets, confirmed April 25, include a review mechanism to help manage prices and minimize the impact on ticket prices for passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The Shetland Islands’ SaxaVord spaceport has secured a range control license from the UK’s aviation regulator in another step toward the first orbital launches from the site.
Space

By Graham Warwick
As it looks ahead to a first flight of its electric propulsion unit this year, UK startup Evolito has appointed an experienced aerospace executive as chief technology officer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Craig Caffrey
Labour has now joined the Conservatives in pledging to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, but woolly caveats and an impending election leave doubts.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal to buy six new Airbus H145 twin-engine light helicopters to support military training in Brunei and Cyprus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is nearing critical milestones in its H2Gear hydrogen-electric powertrain research and technology project after overcoming supply chain issues.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The full details of the multinational, multilayered defense against the Iranian attack are still kept secret.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
British lawmakers are challenging the government to increase defense spending, but the issue does not appear to be a public priority.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Alan Dron
Former Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East has been appointed chairman of NATS, the UK air navigation service provider.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Trudeau's comments emerge after the AUKUS nations revealed they are considering Japan’s accession as a “potential collaborator” in some elements of Pillar Two.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Alan Dron
The UK government has said most UK airports will be unable to meet its June 2024 deadline to install new-generation security scanners.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
A key element of a novel electric propulsion demonstrator has been completed and is set to begin bench testing under a UK government-supported research program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Leading British aerospace research center Cranfield University is set to establish the UK’s first airport-based, large-scale hydrogen research hub.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
The UK has released the first road map for development of technologies to tackle non-CO2 emissions from aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The British Army Air Corps has marked the impending retirement of its locally assembled Apache attack helicopters with a flypast around the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British intelligence officials are suggesting Moscow could be facing fleet availability issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A UK-based startup has begun flight tests of a co-axial, rotary-wing UAS that it hopes to bring to the military market in the next two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Integrating the first UAM aircraft into today’s urban airspace environments is going to be a huge challenge, a UK panel says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Spanish companies will use a microsatellite built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test their planned space-based air traffic management (ATM) system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
While the U.S. remains the world’s paramount military power, its defense industrial base has significant shortcomings compared to China’s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup Vertical Aerospace said it expects its second full-scale VX4 eVTOL vehicle prototype to be completed in “the coming weeks.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal with Boeing to buy 14 MH-47G Chinook helicopters after having deferred the purchase for three years.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The committee found that the defense ministry had been putting off making major program decisions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Skyports Infrastructure is to develop the UK’s first vertiport testbed at Bicester Motion, a former Royal Air Force airfield in Oxfordshire.
Advanced Air Mobility