Aerospace

L3Harris has completed a full-scale solid-fuel ramjet propulsion ground test. The work links missile performance to expanding US production capacity.

Kratos is expanding its Oklahoma City drone manufacturing campus substantially. The project adds capacity for jet-powered uncrewed aircraft production.

Britain is shifting investment from Meteor upgrade work toward successors. Future Air Superiority Effectors now carries greater industrial weight.

Australia’s Hunter region is gaining a new air-power industrial precinct. The site will support IAMD, F-35 sustainment, software, integration, and training.

Indonesia has stepped back from domestic KF-21 fighter manufacturing plans. Procurement attention now shifts toward direct aircraft acquisition, sustainment, and support.

Ellsworth has accepted its first B-21-specific facilities for Raider operations. The completed buildings show how stealth bomber readiness depends on low-observable maintenance, secure fit-out, specialised hangars, and sustainment infrastructure before operational service begins.

Boeing’s St Louis campus will build America’s F-47 fighter fleet. The sixth-generation programme places advanced manufacturing, classified engineering, workforce depth, and long-term supplier capacity at the centre of future US airpower.

Britain’s F-35A decision significantly expands the UK Lightning fleet structure. The purchase adds NATO dual-capable aircraft obligations while creating fresh basing, sustainment, training, security, and support-infrastructure demands around RAF Marham.

GCAP has entered its next major engineering phase under contract. The £4.6bn Edgewing contract will sharpen aircraft definition, testing, digital engineering, manufacturing readiness, and supply-chain structures for the UK, Japan, and Italy’s sixth-generation fighter.

F-35 sustainment is now a sharper industrial capacity problem worldwide. Mission capable rates have declined since 2021, while the programme’s readiness plan depends on additional parts, supplier capacity, and better-aligned contractor incentives.