United Kingdom (UK)

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is committed to performing final assembly and development work on the T-7 Redhawk in the UK if the platform is selected as the RAF's Hawk replacement.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
Six European countries that have embarked on a joint effort to meet critical deep strike capability gaps have formalized their plans.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s most senior military officer says funding shortfalls in the UK’s upcoming Defense Investment Plan would cause operational activities and exercises to be “dialed back” unless additional resources are added.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The UK government is to provide £219 million in funding over the next four years to help develop domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The UK is indicating it will award a contract for the GCAP program this month in a show of support for the tri-national combat aircraft program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK’s defense ministry is in disarray after the departure of two ministers concerned about the government’s unwillingness to provide more funding for defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace has expanded its flight test fleet with the first flight of its latest and final full-scale VX4 prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
European defense tech startup Stark has unveiled a tube-launched loitering munition and quadcopter for potential weaponization.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A UK government decision to wrestle financial control of the Global Combat Air Program away from the defense ministry may place the trinational fighter program on firmer financial footing.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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