Aerospace

COAT-IPS is developing a heated aircraft coating to manage icing.

Britain has awarded Boeing major Apache and Chinook support work.

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

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.

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 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 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.

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.