Hill Helicopters is “on schedule” to perform the first engine run of its in-house developed GT50 turboshaft engine for its HX/HC50 light helicopter in spring.
The UK is putting additional funding into its fledgling effort to expand the country’s space industrial base, this time targeting the low-Earth-orbit connectivity segment.
Scotland-based Orbex, which was preparing for its first satellite launch this year, has declared insolvency, dealing another blow to the UK’s launch ambitions.
The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded the first of three new contracts for commercial remote sensing solutions embracing multiple phenomenologies.
The UK defense ministry has aked MBDA to examine if the Aster surface-to-air missile can be launched from Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 vertical launch system.
