AI & AutonomyAnduril Teams With eVTOL Developer Archer To Pitch UK Military and Civil Aircraft Anduril Industries’ UK subsidiary this week announced it is leading a team with Archer Aviation to bid for future military and civil flight opportunities with the latter’s Midnight electric vertical Takeoff and…
ATM ModernizationUK Flights Delayed After Air Traffic Control System Outage NATS, the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services, made a statement on Monday that an ongoing technical issue was affecting its flight planning system. Traffic flow restrictions were put in…
MilitaryBAE Systems Unveils New Research Facility for Combat Air Capability BAE Systems recently unveiled a new research facility to accelerate research in cutting-edge combat air capability. The new division in the company’s Air Sector has been named FalconWorks, and as a center…
RegulationSingapore and UK Collaborate on Aviation Safety, Sustainability, and More As the global aviation industry continues to recover from the impacts of the recent pandemic, international collaboration has become a key strategy for regulators to help cope with the return of demand…
CommercialAirbus Threatens UK Pull-Out in the Event of a No-Deal Brexit Airbus CEO Tom Enders delivered a scathing rebuke to proponents of a no-deal Brexit Thursday, even threatening the manufacturer's eventual abandonment of the United Kingdom. "Please don’t listen to the Brexiteers’ madness,…
MilitaryUK Considers Cost-Cutting Channels for F-35 Sustainment The United Kingdom is looking for ways to drive down the cost of operating and sustaining its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet now that the program is transitioning from its initial development…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Gets $337M in Contracts for Modernized Sensors Lockheed Martin has received orders worth $337 million to modernize Boeing Apaches, Lockheed Martin said. The company is to provide modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night-vision sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems and services to…
Business & GAUK CAA Wants GA Community to Run Events for Drone Users The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is enlisting the help of the GA community. It said it could use help “educating drone users on how to fly safely.” The authority has launched…
ConnectivityUK Firms Partner for Fast IFE iPad Charging, Data Transfer The U.K.’s Cambrionix and JetPack IFE are partnering to create hardware for in-flight, iPad-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) solutions, Cambrionix said. “Airlines which deploy iPad-based IFE need to be able to charge and…
MilitaryAirbus Taps Leonardo for German, Spanish Typhoon Fleets Airbus has contracted Leonardo to provide avionics maintenance for both German and Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon fleets, Leonardo said. The new contracts, worth more than $111.6 million, cover all repairs projected to arise…