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With traffic expected to continue to grow in Europe, air navigation service providers are taking steps to increase capacity while curbing environmental impact.

UK airports see record passenger numbers in the June quarter, driven by LCCs and European leisure travel, despite disruptions from the Middle East conflict.

The UK government has cleared the release of classified information on MBDA’s Storm Shadow/Scalp air-launched cruise missile to enable local production of the weapon in Ukraine.

GKN Aerospace has successfully run what may be Sweden’s first clean-sheet jet engine in more than 70 years, in a development spanning nine months.

The UK’s June 2026 Defense Investment Plan (DIP) switched the country’s defense modernization into 6th gear, with £298 billion ($402 billion) in funding to be made available through 2029.

Australia and the UK have inked agreements to deepen cooperation on the development of advanced radars developed by Australian firm CEA Technologies.

Malaga is one of the top overseas leisure destinations from the UK, yet Norwich remains without a nonstop link despite strong demand from its local catchment.

The UK’s June 2026 Defense Investment Plan (DIP) switched the country’s defense modernization into 6th gear, with £298 billion ($402 billion) in funding to be made available through 2029.

UK air defense startup Cambridge Aerospace has secured an extra $300 million investment to support its growth and manufacturing capabilities.

Germany and the UK are looking to begin an accelerated full development of a Deep Precision Strike (DPS) capability in 2027, MBDA has revealed.

The UK Royal Air Force has launched an effort to modernize the gliders and associated launch systems flown by the service’s Air Cadets.

UK telecommunications firm BT says it is seeing growing adoption of cellular connectivity as the primary communications link for low-altitude uncrewed aircraft systems.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said he was upbeat about the outlook for the A400M airlifter.

The UK government's recently released Defense Investment Plan lays out where investment will be funneled and how much it will spend on different aircraft programs.

The UK defense ministry has confirmed that Tekever has secured a contract to replace the British Army’s fleet of Thales Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft systems.

A second UK-designed collaborative combat aircraft design has emerged to compete for the Royal Air Force’s emerging Storm Fighter program.

Listen in to hear about Brontanax, GCAP, howling Hongdus and more as Aviation Week defense editors break down what they learned at the Farnborough Airshow.

As Canada joins GCAP as an observer, governments and industry are working out how to manage the next steps in this ambitious fighter program.

The UK defense ministry is set to spend £20 million ($26.7 million) to develop a hypersonic target to generate data in support of air and missile defense.

UK air navigation service provider NATS plans to stage a major contrail management trial later this year.

UK regional carrier Loganair has signed an agreement with U.S.-based BETA Technologies to become Europe’s first airline to operate an electric aircraft fleet.

The UK’s military helicopter fleets are set to face some temporary pain because of the country's Defense Investment Plan, ministers have acknowledged.

A high-level and bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is planning to attend the Farnborough Airshow led by two senior senators.

An innovation summit to be held July 20 at the University of Cambridge will mark the official opening of the New Whittle Laboratory.

The UK is investing £300 million ($404.3 million) to support Ukraine’s purchase of Saab Gripen fighters.