United Kingdom (UK)

Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.

The UK has provided Ukraine with a new rapidly developed air defense capability based on MBDA’s Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Asraam).

Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space can take part in the first phase of the tender for the UK’s Skynet Enduring Capability Wideband satcoms program.

Britain’s Orkney Islands are set to become the first region of the UK to have an uncrewed aircraft system mail delivery service.

Major UK defense programs are struggling with a lack of key skills and experience to bring them into service on cost and schedule.

MFTS is just one component of the UK’s flying training pipeline.

The UK government wants a seat at the table in the development of hypersonic weapons.

The defense ministry’s Command Paper Refresh was published July 18.

The UK’s defense procurement process is “broken” and in need of “major, comprehensive reform,” lawmakers say.

Ireland-headquartered aviation-services firm Avia Solutions Group (ASG) has acquired UK-based Synergy Aviation.

The council was established by the UK government earlier in 2023 to support the sustainable growth of the country’s aviation sector.

The CAA has proposed price controls on NATS (En Route) plc (NERL), which provides most of the country’s air traffic control services.

The facility is set to consolidate all the demonstrator testing work around Airbus' various wing research and development projects.

Italy has signed a letter of intent with France and the UK to join the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program.

The UK government has announced plans to provide better consumer protection for airline passengers.

Macron said Russia’s noncompliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and its suspension of the New START Treaty could leave Europe “naked."

The report, released June 1, was commissioned by the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT).

Excel purchased two Boeing 757s to support the development of the FTA, named Excalibur, under contract from Leonardo.

Dufour Aerospace is to receive a CHF2.5 million ($2.8 million) grant from the Swiss government under an accelerator program run by innovation agency Innosuisse.

Space Forge has unveiled additional details about its unfolding, “origami” heat shield for its ForgeStar re-entry vehicle.

Senior government ministers from the U.S., U.K. and Canada will chair the SAF Investor Summit.

The UK has supplied long-range air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine.

The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has outlined additional details about its Hydrogen Capability Network Phase 0 (HCNP0) project.

Satellite launch startup Orbex has begun construction of its spaceport on the north coast of mainland Scotland.

The UK airlines will resume their Chinese networks during the first half of the year.