Aerospace

  • Oberkochen turns European sensor demand into factory capacity

    Oberkochen turns European sensor demand into factory capacity

    HENSOLDT has opened a €300m sensor-production campus in Oberkochen, Germany. The site brings optronics development, manufacture, integration, and testing together as European demand for surveillance and targeting equipment expands.

  • Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    Britain has extended combat-air development funding with a £708m award. The contract covers sovereign technologies, software, networks, digital engineering, infrastructure, and integration across the UK’s contribution to GCAP.

  • India puts expendable jet propulsion into production

    India puts expendable jet propulsion into production

    India has manufactured its first domestically designed expendable turbojet engine. The 350kg-thrust unit creates a potential production route for missiles, decoys, target drones, and other single-use air vehicles.

  • C-390 gains a palletised route to stand-off strike

    C-390 gains a palletised route to stand-off strike

    Embraer and Anduril are bringing palletised strike aboard C-390 transports. Barracuda-500M integration would add stand-off effects while preserving the aircraft’s cargo, tanker, evacuation, and special-mission flexibility.

  • Malloy turns T-150 flexibility into an allied production proposition

    Malloy turns T-150 flexibility into an allied production proposition

    Malloy is turning T-150 flexibility into an allied production proposition. The British drone is expanding from logistics into armed, maritime, rescue, and specialist missions while pursuing NATO and Australian demand.

  • Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    First UK H-47ER begins the Chinook fleet transition

    Britain’s first H-47ER has emerged from Boeing’s Philadelphia production line. The 14-aircraft programme now moves towards testing, infrastructure preparation, training, spares provisioning, and long-term configuration support.

  • Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    Dassault plots a demonstrator beyond FCAS

    France is rebuilding combat-air momentum beyond the stalled FCAS partnership. A new demonstrator could preserve fighter design, propulsion, stealth, sensor, software, and manufacturing capability through the next decade.

  • Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    T-50 bid searches for a British factory floor

    Lockheed Martin and KAI are now seeking British production depth. Their T-50 proposal could connect aircraft assembly with simulators, software, maintenance, upgrades, and wider supply-chain participation.

  • Britain’s £708m combat-air bridge reaches the supply chain

    Ghost Bat brings working hardware to Europe’s CCA race

    Ghost Bat has brought proven collaborative combat hardware to Europe. Boeing must now convert flight-test maturity into affordable production, weapons integration, and support across several prospective customer configurations.

  • Malloy turns T-150 flexibility into an allied production proposition

    AR6 pushes British drone production into the heavy-lift bracket

    TEKEVER has unveiled a British heavy-lift autonomous aircraft for production. The AR6 targets payloads above 200kg, with manufacturing planned at the company’s Swindon hub.