United Kingdom (UK)

Integrating the first UAM aircraft into today’s urban airspace environments is going to be a huge challenge, a UK panel says.

Spanish companies will use a microsatellite built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test their planned space-based air traffic management (ATM) system.

While the U.S. remains the world’s paramount military power, its defense industrial base has significant shortcomings compared to China’s.

UK startup Vertical Aerospace said it expects its second full-scale VX4 eVTOL vehicle prototype to be completed in “the coming weeks.”

The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal with Boeing to buy 14 MH-47G Chinook helicopters after having deferred the purchase for three years.

The committee found that the defense ministry had been putting off making major program decisions.

Skyports Infrastructure is to develop the UK’s first vertiport testbed at Bicester Motion, a former Royal Air Force airfield in Oxfordshire.

SAF production occupies an unhelpful position in the investment cycle.

Sora Aviation plans to develop a 30-passenger large tiltrotor eVTOL called the S-1.

Norwegian oil companies have halted all flights to offshore platforms following a fatal accident involving a Bristow-operated Sikorsky S-92 on Feb. 28.

For the aviation sector to meet its 2050 emissions reduction targets, a rapid increase in the use of sustainable aviation fuel is vital.

The UK defense ministry has opened negotiations to find a new fleet of medium helicopters for the country’s armed services.

Even though the current Hawk T2 fleet is not due for retirement until 2040, groundwork planning needs to begin now for a program to replace the Hawk.

British defense ministers have outlined plans to accelerate the provision of uncrewed systems across all four branches of the UK’s armed services.

Major programs have buoyed BAE Systems to a record order backlog of more than £69 billion ($87.1 billion), the company has reported.

Startup Vertical Aerospace has won an £8 million ($10 million) grant from the UK government to develop next-generation propellers for its VX4 eVTOL air taxi .

Lockheed Martin and Rhea have been awarded contracts to develop software to control the UK’s future constellation of ISR satellites.

Airbus engineers say they are just weeks away from making the first flight of the company’s Rapid and Cost-Effective Rotorcraft.

The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.

NATO is looking to adopt near-term, cheaper options to protect against one-way attack drones.

The Netherlands has become the second European country to opt to perform its own depot-level maintenance, repair and overhaul on the Lockheed Martin F-35.

BAE Systems has acquired Malloy Aeronautics, a developer of heavy lift quadcopters.

Senior BAE Systems executives hope to finalize negotiations on work share, work allocation and work locations for the trinational Global Combat Air Program by the summer.

ADS Group is calling on the next UK government to pursue a new industrial strategy that supports industry to give the country a greater strategic advantage.

The UK is seeking input on the design of vertiports at existing airfields.