UK Royal Air Force

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has withdrawn its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAS from service, with missions taken over by the new MQ-9B Protector.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force is experimenting with data science that can sift through the increasing amounts of electronic data being hoovered up by aircraft sensors.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Carrier operations are proceeding, but the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35 program still faces major capability gaps.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Marshall Aerospace has halted plans to move from its current facilities in Cambridge, England, to Cranfield, England, citing cost concerns.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi
Lasers, maneuvering satellites and spaceplanes are getting more attention as Western militaries look to counter threats to their space systems.
Space Exploration

By Tony Osborne
Japan has deployed fighter aircraft to Europe for the first time, reciprocating visits made by the UK Royal Air Force and the German Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The British Army has begun to engage with industry on the acquisition of an autonomous collaborative platform to operate alongside its Apache helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is proceeding with a program to replace its Grob G115 Tutor elementary training aircraft and plans to launch a formal tender next October.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Engine issues with the Hawk T2 that dented the UK's fast jet training pipeline are being resolved, according to the RAF's head of military flight training.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has begun seeking out the next iteration of low-cost autonomous collaborative platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK government has named Air Marshal Harv Smyth to be the next chief of staff for the Royal Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
An audit of the UK’s F-35 program shows it continues to suffer from delays in deliveries, capability enhancements and reliability shortfalls.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Air forces and senior commanders from around 60 countries are set to converge on London next week and the spotlight will be on a recent UK defense review.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry has dispatched a team of engineers to India to retrieve a Lockheed Martin F-35B stranded in the country since mid-June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Protesters broke into the UK Royal Air Force’s main air transport base and sprayed red paint on two of the service’s Airbus A330 Voyager tankers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Recent weeks have seen British media outlets infatuated not by warfighting capability, but by the future of the UK’s fleet of jet trainers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has agreed to a support and sustainment contract for its fleet of new General Atomics Protector MQ-9B uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is mulling a nuclear sharing role in NATO amid a strategic defense overhaul.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Families of military personnel killed in a UK Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter crash in Scotland in 1994 have launched a legal action against the UK.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Ascent joint venture of Babcock and Lockheed Martin secured a £300 million contract to train rear crew personnel for the UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Tekever plans to grow UAS ecosystem and test sites through £400 million Overmatch investment plan in the UK.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Western militaries confront the reality that Russian electromagnetic spectrum warfare puts everything in the crosshairs, from GPS-guided weapons to satellites.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare