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Spain has tested naval helicopter-drone teaming with Airbus maritime systems. The trial linked an H135, Flexrotor, A900 drone, patrol vessel, and combat management tools during a maritime surveillance and target-tracking exercise.
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Italy has selected Airbus tankers for its refuelling renewal programme. The six-aircraft deal strengthens European strategic air mobility and adds demand for tanker conversion, refuelling systems, mission equipment, and long-term support capacity.
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The UK is preparing a major funding package for GCAP. The decision would support the next phase of sixth-generation fighter development, keeping design, propulsion, mission systems, and advanced manufacturing work aligned with the 2035 service-entry target.
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India and South Korea have signed new defence cyber agreements. The partnership strengthens military information-sharing, infrastructure protection, and defence industrial cooperation as both countries expand secure technology links across the Indo-Pacific.
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Indonesia’s Kizilelma procurement is developing into a wider aerospace industrial strategy, combining Turkish unmanned combat aircraft, local production, MRO capacity, and future manned-unmanned teaming with fifth-generation fighter ambitions.
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AFSOC will test rapid disassembly and reassembly of the OA-1K Skyraider II in an operational environment, putting deployability, modularity, austere support, and low-footprint aircraft sustainment at the centre of the programme.
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Sweden’s selection of Naval Group’s FDI frigate for the future Luleå class strengthens Franco-Swedish naval cooperation while exposing the hard production trade-offs facing European shipbuilders competing on delivery speed, design maturity, and air-defence integration.
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Moog and Supacat’s Raven 5 concept takes the UK’s rapid air-defence adaptation work toward a more mobile, production-ready configuration, combining ASRAAM missiles, a flexible launcher, and a current-production HMT 600 vehicle.
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Taiwan’s Red Falcon II anti-armour rocket strengthens domestic production of portable infantry weapons, with improvements in penetration, weight, range, and night-fighting capability aimed at coastal, urban, and distributed defence.
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Aerospace growth has lifted UK manufacturing output despite inflation pressure. The sector led annual gains, while energy costs and labour constraints continued to squeeze real productivity.