United Kingdom (UK)

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The UK is looking to build out its ground-based air defenses and seeking a lead systems integrator as part of the effort.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

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

By Graham Warwick
A hybrid-electric aircraft is looming larger in Vertical Aerospace’s future.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By Tony Osborne
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Zero tariffs on aircraft and components is good news for manufacturers and suppliers that had feared heavy impact on activities.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Alan Dron
Punctuality continues to trump environmental concerns with British airline passengers, according to a poll published July 30.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
After attending to needs for ammunition and air defense, Europe seeks to plug its long-range strike gaps.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A joint U.S./UK program is testing safety technology on the Lockheed Martin F-35 that is aimed at avoiding collisions between military and civilian aircraft in the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
Defense officials in the U.S., UK and Europe are grappling with what comes next for airborne early warning systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Turkey has signed an MOU with the UK that could lead to a Eurofighter Typhoon purchase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The UK government plans to use Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation for its global government operations.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The UK says it will sign a partnership agreement with Germany to bolster the provision of air defense equipment to Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Alan Dron, David Casey
Flights by Pakistan International Airlines to the UK are a step closer to being resumed after a five-year ban.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Germany and the UK have agreed to deepen their defense ties, including better harmonizing equipment export policy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Alan Dron
UK LCC easyJet remains on track for a strong performance in fiscal 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems appears to have adopted a modestly swept, cropped delta wing planform for a combat air demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force last week released its first International Partnership Strategy.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The UK government has named Air Marshal Harv Smyth to be the next chief of staff for the Royal Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Ben Goldstein
UK startup Elevate Racing has emerged from stealth with its first product—the AirKart, a single-seat eVTOL inspired by Formula One.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
UK startup Sora Aviation has designed a large tiltrotor eVTOL able to carry up to 30 passengers at a time.
Advanced Air Mobility