United Kingdom (UK)

By David Casey, Helen Massy-Beresford
The UK government has canceled its bilateral air services arrangements with Iran, meaning Iran Air will not be able to fly to the UK.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The UK is undergoing a major overhaul of its military satellite communications architecture.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The flagship UK helicopter modernization program has suffered delays and shrunk in size before a contract has even been signed.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
The UK has pulled around 30 arms export licenses for Israel that London signaled could also impact the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in certain circumstances.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
The military transport’s four-turboprop layout would allow inflight testing of hydrogen combustion engines with flexibility and safety.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
While the other eight engines ignited as planned, the fire in the ninth engine was “really difficult to contain.”
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The UK and Australia will no longer need to apply for licenses to obtain U.S. technology for about 80% of their defense trade with Washington.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Amazon Prime Air will trial drone delivery as it has done during previous trials.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
It may prove difficult to square commercial expectations with safety requirements.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A UK team has begun flight tests of an airborne 5G connectivity system.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Lafayette, Colorado-based company will also increase its UK-based workforce to 15 employees and open a new office in Oxfordshire.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Blades of the first ducted fan thruster in the hybrid propulsion system are “spinning as we speak,” GA-ASI President David Alexander said.
GASCC & RIAT

By Tony Osborne
Idbotic, a specialist in hardware encryption, will support Indra’s work on the combat cloud.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
“It’s not right for me to prejudge what might happen in the defense review,” UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard says.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
The first pillar of the Australia-UK-U.S. pact focuses on the sale of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s.
GASCC & RIAT

By Graham Warwick
The facility in Chelveston, England, is planned to be operational by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Australian and Canadian companies have emerged as winners in the UK’s £1 billion ($1.3 billion) effort to develop a hypersonic weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that the UK's new strategic defense review will bolster what he called “our hollowed-out armed forces.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Victoria Moores
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that delays and cancellations caused by crew sickness are not extraordinary circumstances.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally launched a strategic defense review to determine the UK’s future military posture.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The company’s in-house-developed engine has still yet to be fired up and fully tested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Oslo has plentiful spares available to support the Ukrainian aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed new defense and transport ministers after sweeping aside the Conservative Party in a July 4 general election.
Budget, Policy & Operations