Aerospace
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The UK has placed a £1bn AW149 order with Leonardo. Yeovil will build 23 New Medium Helicopters, supporting 3,300 jobs and a supply chain of nearly 70 UK companies. The deal also backs Proteus, Leonardo’s autonomous demonstrator, as government looks at optionally crewed rotorcraft.
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NATO Innovation Fund co-led TYTAN’s €30m Series A financing round. The Munich company will scale AI-guided interceptor drones and an integration software layer across Germany, Ukraine, and other allied markets as demand grows for mass-producible, cost-controlled air-defence effects.
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Pratt & Whitney will add a seventh isothermal forging press. The $200 million Columbus, Georgia, expansion targets a 30% lift in rotating compressor and turbine disk output to support GTF commercial engines and military programmes including the F135.
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Archer Aviation will base its UK engineering hub in Bristol. The site will support defence and commercial programmes, with initial work centred on uncrewed vehicle development alongside Anduril UK and GKN.
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AXISCADES will supply single board computers for India’s LCA Mk1A. The Rs 25 crore order covers multi-year deliveries built at the new Devanahalli Atmanirbhar Complex in Bengaluru, reinforcing domestic avionics manufacturing capacity for a frontline fighter programme.
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The UK has joined Europe’s LEAP low cost air defence. E5 partners want a lightweight surface-to-air weapon and autonomous interceptors in service by 2027, challenging industry to design for volume, rapid iteration, and resilient electronics supply.
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Blue Origin has appointed Tory Bruno to lead national security. His remit spans New Glenn’s launch certification and Blue Ring’s orbital logistics ambitions, as the company positions itself for U.S. Space Force National Security Space Launch work.
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Rheinmetall has successfully flight-tested its FV-014 loitering munition system recently. The container-launched system was demonstrated to a potential NATO customer, targeting the fast-growing requirement for expendable strike assets that can be produced at pace.
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BAE Systems has struck a new UAS development partnership today. FalconWorks and SURVICE Engineering will collaborate on small and tactical uncrewed aircraft, building on the TRV-150 logistics drone family already fielded with US forces.
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India has opened its first private helicopter assembly line. The Tata-Airbus H125 facility at Vemagal, Karnataka, is set up to serve domestic demand and pursue exports, with defence missions central to the type’s value in high-altitude roles.