Aerospace

  • KAAN engine clearance unlocks production but not propulsion sovereignty

    KAAN engine clearance unlocks production but not propulsion sovereignty

    US engine clearance keeps Türkiye’s KAAN fighter programme moving forward. Imported propulsion protects the near-term schedule while domestic engine development remains the central sovereignty challenge.

  • Brontanax puts British combat air back on the factory floor

    Brontanax puts British combat air back on the factory floor

    BAE Systems has unveiled Britain’s first domestically designed collaborative aircraft. Brontanax now faces the harder transition from rapid prototype development to affordable, repeatable production.

  • MV250 turns hybrid lift into tactical power

    MV250 turns hybrid lift into tactical power

    BETA’s MV250 combines hybrid lift, autonomy, and tactical electrical power. Its production case rests on sharing ALIA tooling and suppliers while controlling military modifications, high-voltage systems, and mission-specific certification.

  • Brontanax puts British combat air back on the factory floor

    Red Hawk bid puts Britain on the assembly line

    Britain’s Red Hawk bid places domestic assembly behind trainer renewal. The proposal joins aircraft production with simulators, software, sovereign support, and the transition from Hawk T2 to a more demanding combat-air training system.

  • Indonesia’s M-346 order builds a domestic support base

    Indonesia’s M-346 order builds a domestic support base

    Indonesia’s M-346 order anchors a wider domestic aerospace support programme. The 12-aircraft package extends from flight training into maintenance, overhaul, simulator integration, software support, and workforce development.

  • Britain’s eVTOL milestone begins in the blade factory

    Britain’s eVTOL milestone begins in the blade factory

    Vertical Aerospace has publicly flown its full-scale tilt-rotor demonstrator aircraft. The Farnborough flight showcased composite rotor blades developed with NCC and a UK supply chain being prepared for certification, repeatability, and eventual rate production.

  • Fifty hot-section parts become a handful in TJ150 test

    Fifty hot-section parts become a handful in TJ150 test

    Pratt & Whitney has tested a largely additively manufactured engine. The TJ150 demonstration consolidated more than 50 hot-section components, shifting attention towards repeatable print quality, inspection, post-processing, and production economics.

  • Brontanax puts British combat air back on the factory floor

    Thunder turns the air-taxi factory towards autonomous attack

    Thunder brings hybrid-electric propulsion into autonomous military rotorcraft development programmes. Anduril and Archer must now turn commercial eVTOL methods into an aircraft that can carry military payloads, survive demanding missions, and remain supportable.

  • The next fighter cockpit may be worn, not installed

    The next fighter cockpit may be worn, not installed

    BAE Systems has unveiled a modular sixth-generation fighter helmet demonstrator. Project Intuity combines wide-area display technology, head tracking, spatial audio, and future autonomy interfaces within a wearable system that must also satisfy protection and certification requirements.

  • Brontanax puts British combat air back on the factory floor

    GCAP’s flying power station approaches the test stand

    GCAP’s engine demonstrator is approaching a decisive ground-testing programme milestone. Rolls-Royce, Avio Aero, and IHI are converting more than 100 subscale tests into a shared propulsion, electrical-power, cooling, and manufacturing architecture.