Aerospace

  • Bell deepens MV-75 supplier stack

    Bell deepens MV-75 supplier stack

    Bell’s latest MV-75 supplier awards move FLRAA deeper into production planning, with Collins taking five aircraft systems across a multi-state work package.

  • Airbus readies Valkyries for sovereign combat teaming

    Airbus readies Valkyries for sovereign combat teaming

    Airbus is preparing two Valkyries in Germany for first flight with a European mission system, giving Europe a faster route into collaborative combat aircraft.

  • UK completes first contracted F-35 batch

    UK completes first contracted F-35 batch

    The final aircraft in the UK’s initial 48-jet F-35B order has arrived, shifting the programme from fleet build-up toward sustainment, availability, and upgrades.

  • French LPM update sharpens Eurodrone pressure

    French LPM update sharpens Eurodrone pressure

    France’s revised military planning debate has intensified scrutiny of Eurodrone, pushing delay, infrastructure burden, industrial complexity, and operational fit back into focus for Europe’s flagship MALE UAV programme.

  • India moves F404 depot support ashore

    India moves F404 depot support ashore

    India is bringing Tejas engine overhaul support closer to home, with a new F404 depot arrangement set to improve repair turnaround, deepen sustainment capability, and strengthen the industrial backbone behind fleet availability.

  • Red Wolf fit expands Skyraider II strike path

    Red Wolf fit expands Skyraider II strike path

    Red Wolf integration broadens the Skyraider II family’s strike envelope. The pairing points to a lighter, more distributed offensive model built around austere aircraft and launched effects.

  • FA-50PL moves toward AMRAAM integration

    FA-50PL moves toward AMRAAM integration

    Poland’s FA-50PL has moved closer to beyond-visual-range combat capability now. The shift would give the aircraft a more credible NATO air-defence role and raise the technical stakes of integration work.

  • From Skyhammer to DragonFire: Britain’s race to remake air-defence manufacturing

    From Skyhammer to DragonFire: Britain’s race to remake air-defence manufacturing

    Britain is retooling air defence for cheaper, faster interception now. Skyhammer and DragonFire point to a wider industrial shift, where the real challenge is building the factories, supply chains, and integration capacity needed to sustain layered air defence at scale.

  • Typhoon trial points to cheaper counter-drone loadout

    Typhoon trial points to cheaper counter-drone loadout

    BAE Systems has fired APKWS from a Typhoon in a UK trial, advancing a lower-cost interceptor option for counter-UAS missions and pushing weapon integration, launcher qualification, and certification work further up the agenda for the UK combat-air industrial base.

  • South Korea rolls out first production KUS-FS surveillance drone

    South Korea rolls out first production KUS-FS surveillance drone

    South Korea has unveiled the first production example of its KUS-FS medium-altitude unmanned aircraft, a platform built around a heavily domestic supply chain and intended for operational service from 2027. The programme is a notable test of sovereign aerospace integration.