BAE Systems received a $493 million contract modification from Lockheed Martin to significantly upgrade and modernize the electronic warfare (EW) system for the F-35 Lightning II, enabling the fifth-generation fighter to quickly detect and address evolving electromagnetic threats in contested battlespaces. Under…

Takumi are pleased to announce the appointment of Phil McKinley to its advisory board, who will join current board members John Moran and Gene Leonard. “We are pleased to welcome Phil McKinley to the Takumi Advisory Board,” said Gerry Reynolds,…

British company Pulsar Fusion demonstrated its latest green hybrid rocket engine in the sleepy mountain town of Gstaad in Switzerland. An impressive visual plume effect of supersonic shock diamonds, typical of a high temperature high mass flow rate rocket exhaust,…

Statement from Orbex CEO Chris Larmour on the 50th anniversary of the launch of Britain’s Black Arrow rocket. “Fifty years ago, ‘Black Arrow’ became the first British-made rocket to successfully deliver a satellite (Prospero) into Earth’s orbit, launching from Woomera…

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately £135m, to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements of combat air or Typhoon; one of the world’s most advanced combat aircraft. The investment will improve weapons capability, increasing…

CNC machining services provider ‘Get It Made’ – https://get-it-made.co.uk/ – is offering innovative space and aerospace companies a £10,000 grant. Those selected to receive the grant will be able to spend the money on developing solutions and technologies to advance…

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth approximately £250m to progress the design and development of Tempest, the UK’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The contract, signed by BAE Systems, officially marks the start of the programme’s…

Leonardo announced that building work will shortly commence on a new £30 million single-site logistics facility at Leonardo’s helicopters site in Yeovil. The ground-breaking facility, spanning an area of nearly 20,000 m2, the equivalent of 2.7 football pitches, is scheduled…

Nokia has announced that following successful trials, leading technical aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik has recently brought Nokia 5G private wireless networking into full-time commercial deployment at its facility in Hamburg, Germany. Throughout a recently completed year-long pilot, and despite pandemic-related travel restrictions, 5G networking has enabled Lufthansa Technik to provide virtual engine parts inspection…