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

Portuguese UAS developer Tekever has lifted the veil on the latest version of its AR3 platform after redeveloping it based on lessons learned in Ukraine.

UK eVTOL startup Vertical Aerospace has completed flight testing in windborne cruise mode.

The trinational industry team developing the sensor and communication suite for the fighter at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program formed a consortium.

MBDA is exploring how it will respond to a UK requirement for a tactical ballistic missile.

The UK defense ministry is exploring interim alternative standoff weapons for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

UK defense procurement minister Maria Eagle has been sacked from government in a reshuffle, just days before she was due to address the UK’s flagship defense exhibition DSEI.

A multinational startup has secured a UK defense ministry contract to test a ramjet-powered artillery round

Arora Group confirms it formally submitted its Heathrow West proposal to the UK government, a £25 billion alternative to Heathrow Airport’s £49 billion plan.

Norway has deferred a decision on what helicopter it plans to employ on a new fleet of warships even as it selected the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate to provide the future naval combatant.

Tension has been increasing between Tel Aviv and several European capitals over Israel’s conduct of the military operation in the Gaza Strip.

The military alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States faces formidable challenges four years after its establishment.

One Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter with a second of the type scheduled to join the fleet in the fourth quarter.

The British government says it is buying six additional MBDA Land Ceptor medium-range air defense systems to help counter uncrewed aircraft system and missile threats.

With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.

The UK is looking to build out its ground-based air defenses and seeking a lead systems integrator as part of the effort.

A UK safety analysis has identified more than 50 areas where regulations must be developed to support the integration of eVTOLs into UK airspace.

The joint venture World Mobile Stratospheric is to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity from the stratosphere.

A hybrid-electric aircraft is looming larger in Vertical Aerospace’s future.

Skyports Drone Services has launched a medical delivery trial in Belgium with the drones flying to hospitals controlled from its UK remote operations center.

The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has begun testing the Schiebel S-100 rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system as a potential complement to its crewed helicopters.

Zero tariffs on aircraft and components is good news for manufacturers and suppliers that had feared heavy impact on activities.

Urban-Air Port, a British vertiport infrastructure company, has teamed up with Indian eVTOL developer Nalwa Aero to develop a UAM network in India.

Punctuality continues to trump environmental concerns with British airline passengers, according to a poll published July 30.

Work is progressing on the UK’s big delta-wing fighter demonstrator, designed to derisk development of the trinational Global Combat Air Program.