Aerospace

Britain’s Ukraine drone package now carries serious manufacturing weight domestically. The order turns battlefield demand into a larger production challenge for Britain’s drone suppliers.

Randle has joined Certo’s CAPSTONE heavy-lift UAV development effort today.

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.