United Kingdom (UK)

The FAA has ordered a UK-based company to surrender aircraft registration certificates it obtained using trust agreements.

The UK’s main air traffic control provider, NATS, is pressing ahead with efforts to modernize air routes over Scotland, with the aim of increasing efficiencies.

Hiring and access to working capital are the main challenges for UK aerospace suppliers, says a director at industry lobbying group ADS.

Germany has ordered eight General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft systems to perform maritime patrol.

UK defense ministers will not say when a decision might be made on whether to contract for a £1 billion new fleet of medium helicopters.

The UK’s chief of defense staff says he is unable provide a date for the publication of the Defense Investment Plan.

The Spanish defense and aerospace electronics company says the acquisition will allow it to position itself in the growing uncrewed traffic management market and bolster its UK presence.

The UK defense ministry is broadening its search for alternative means of position, navigation and timing.

UK defense engineering firm Babcock has teamed with Estonia air defense startup Frankenburg Technologies to work on providing a maritime launch system.

Cambium Biomaterials, a California-based startup that manufactures advanced materials for aerospace and defense, raised $100 million in a funding round.

The UK government has launched a call for evidence on the use of crop-based feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has revealed a shift in strategy.

As the Trump Administration plans to gut funding for space science programs, a new idea has launched: scientific-telescope-as-service.

The U.S. Space Force recently took delivery of the first production unit for the Meadowlands Counter Communications System.

Vertical Aerospace’s eVTOL aircraft will be called Valo, the company announced Dec. 10.

British uncrewed aircraft system developer Rotron Aerospace is set to work with South Korea’s LIG Nex1 to develop a new generation of UAS engines.

Bidders looking to vie for the UK Defense Ministry’s Project Nightfall ballistic missile development have until Dec. 18 to raise their hands.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A company successfully demonstrated a distributed passive sensor array that could help to mitigate interference caused by wind turbines on UK defense radars.

Norway and the UK will work together on tackling Russian underwater warfare threats through a new agreement signed by the two countries.

Listen in to hear about the decision on London Heathrow’s planned third runway, what the move means for airlines and whether the 2035 timeline is achievable.

Safran is pondering boosting missile motor production as demand grows for the missiles they power, such as Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile.

The UK plans to acquire the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II to give its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters a long-desired standoff capability.

The UK and EU have failed to reach an agreement on British participation in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative for funding defense procurement.

The EU has given the formal go-ahead to negotiate the harmonization of the UK and EU emissions trading systems, which could simplify compliance for airlines.