Aerospace
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SPEAR 3 remains central to Britain’s future air-launched strike inventory. Programme progress is closely tied to integration, qualification, and production planning.
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Aerospace electronics face tighter performance, lifecycle, and radiation resilience demands. Ross Turnbull of Swindon Silicon Systems argues ASICs give aircraft and spacecraft designers tighter control over latency, obsolescence, and hardening.
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H55 has delivered the first Adagio battery modules for Smartflyer’s SFX1. The handover moves the programme from component validation into aircraft-level integration work.
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Australia is retiring its C-27J Spartan fleet earlier than planned. The decision reshapes sustainment, support, and regional air-mobility planning.
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Australia has received its first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band shipsets. The delivery moves the programme into fleet integration, sustainment, and mission-system support.
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LYNRED has launched ARGO SL for SWaP-limited thermal imaging platforms. The module targets tactical drones and soldier systems without giving up full-band MWIR performance.
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L3Harris is expanding Virginia rocket-motor production with a $1.265bn investment. The project adds capacity across the core manufacturing steps that determine missile throughput.
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NHIndustries has launched the NH90 Block 2 architecture study programme. The two-year effort sets the baseline for future capability, sustainment, and avionics growth.
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Malaysia’s Army is moving closer to fielding the AW149. The helicopters form part of a wider national rotorcraft leasing model with support and training built in.
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The YFQ-44A has moved into operator-led experimentation with the US Air Force, shifting attention from prototype promise to the harder questions of sortie generation, maintenance turns, and scalable combat-aircraft support.