United Kingdom (UK)

By Tony Osborne
Three UK Royal Navy personnel were killed June 3 in the nighttime crash of a Leonardo AW101 Merlin troop transport helicopter in southwestern England.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Skyfly plans to begin transition flight testing of its Axe personal eVTOL later this year while targeting first flights of a second aircraft by year’s end.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has opened a maintenance, repair facility in London that will serve the company’s growing number of UK rotorcraft customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland and the UK are set to push ahead with development of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Staff
UK Renews Medium-Range Strike Weapon Push
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Tony Osborne
A Scottish airfield long associated with mysterious flight tests of black projects is competing for a role in the testing of a European hypersonic flight test capability.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK government has accused Russia of recklessness after two dangerous intercepts of Royal Air Force Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint intelligence-gathering aircraft in international airspace.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
AltoVolo begins full-scale Sigma VTOL demonstrator production targeting 2026 first flight with hybrid-electric propulsion and open-rotor design.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Hydrogen in Aviation Alliance says a combined $251 million in funding is planned to be invested in hydrogen-powered aviation research and development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The UK-based ATI has published a technology strategy which, if followed, would quadruple the value of the British aerospace sector by 2050, the non-profit says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Aeralis, a British startup attempting to develop a modular jet trainer, collapsed into administration after what it called “sustained pressure” on its cashflow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
York Space pursues acquisitions, faces classified program cost increases and manages supply-chain delays.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has been granted funding to buy additional helicopters, in addition to aircraft already on order from Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British defense startup Rotron Aerospace says it successfully launched and flown its SkyLance one-way effector.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
UK Plans Two-Year eLoran Technology Deployment
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Robert Wall
The UK Defense Ministry is looking to quickly deploy enhanced Long-Range Navigation (eLoran) technology.
Satellites

By Angus Batey
A small piece of British aviation history was made in January 2026 when Air Charter Scotland began flying a PSO route between Aberdeen and Wick airports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hinted that the long-awaited, much-delayed Defense Investment Plan could emerge “in the coming weeks.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The UK government eased slot rules to allow airlines that cancel flights due to potential fuel shortages linked to the Iran conflict to not lose their slots.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
York Space Systems is acquiring All.Space, a UK-based satcom terminal provider, to expand connectivity solutions for the U.S. military and others customers.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin and the UK defense ministry have expanded the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s ability to share data further.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace is finalizing the architecture for an uncrewed aircraft systems demonstrator for Sweden.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Jet2 says it is entering the summer 2026 season with a high degree of fuel hedging, which will help protect it from the turmoil of the Middle East conflict.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Britten-Norman is beginning installation of an advanced phased-array 5G antenna system onto a BN2T-4S Islander that will be used as a flying testbed.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
A pilot facility to convert waste plastics into SAF has been opened by UK-based environmental engineering services company Clean Planet Technologies.
Emerging Technologies