27 May 2026
Viasat has collaborated with TTP and Frequentis, under the European Space Agency (ESA) Iris programme, on an Iris Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) flight trial.
27 May 2026
IFS today announced that Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), a Finnish shipbuilding company, has selected IFS Cloud to modernise its digital foundation and strengthen control across its complex shipbuilding programmes.
27 May 2026
Aeromedic - a provider of in-flight emergency medical and first aid kits - has introduced enhanced soft-case first aid kits, to meet regulatory and airline requirements.
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27 May 2026
Hong Kong’s Cathay Group has placed a firm order with Airbus for two additional Airbus A350F freighters.
27 May 2026
The UK’s first successful download of data from space using a deployable laser communications ground station has been achieved by Archangel Lightworks for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
27 May 2026
New UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data released today shows more than 61 million passengers travelled through UK airports in the first three months of this year, breaking previous records for travel between January and March.
26 May 2026
Thales has conducted live firings from the X-Fire launcher, developed in partnership with Soframe, which features a versatile architecture enabling it to engage deep-strike targets (150 km and beyond), using a wide range of munitions, whether sovereign or allied.
26 May 2026
Almost 98% of UK flights operated punctually in April, according to figures from UK air traffic controller NATS.
26 May 2026
Air China Cargo has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for four additional A350F freighters, taking its total order for the type to 10 aircraft.
27 May 2026
Mike Sewart, CTO at Thales UK, explains why it is essential to integrate networking technology so that drones can communicate with each other about their location and intention, to enable the advance of drone operations.
23 February 2026
Across skies, seas and battlefields, a new kind of formation is emerging: one made not of pilots and platoons but of intelligent machines acting in perfect coordination. Autonomous swarms are redefining how nations project power, defend assets and respond to threats in real time, creating urgency to develop autonomous systems that can think, ...
Videos
19 May 2026
UK scientists and companies are at the heart of the pioneering Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission - launched into orbit today - that will transform our understanding of how Earth is protected from the Sun.
1 May 2026
The National Police Air Service (NPAS) supported South Wales Police during a targeted operation in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot to tackle the illegal and anti‑social use of electric bikes and motorbikes.
27 April 2026
Plymouth-based MarineAI has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, marking a significant step in its ongoing commitment to supporting the UK’s Armed Forces community.
22 April 2026
At CYBERUK 2026 - currently taking place at the SEC Glasgow (21st - 23rd April) - Dr Richard Horne, the CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (a part of GCHQ), gave a keynote speech focused on the challenges raised by rapid technological change dominated by AI and preparation for migration to post-quantum cryptography.
17 April 2026
In a ‘real life’ scenario played out in an empty shopping unit, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has tested the ability of robotic and autonomous systems to navigate through a building and detect, sample and remediate (clean) a contaminated environment.
