25 March 2026
The National Police Air Service (NPAS), together with colleagues from Blue Light Commercial (BLC), were honoured by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Operations Committee for their work on the UK’s £100 million police helicopter fleet replacement programme, with an award presented by Chief Constable BJ Harrington QPM, Chair of the ...
25 March 2026
Serco has been awarded a seven-year contract to provide in-service support for the British Army’s fleet of 512 marine vessels.
25 March 2026
Representatives from more than 270 small and medium sized businesses attended Manchester Airport’s annual ‘Meet The Buyers’ exhibition at the Runway Visitor Park yesterday, taking the opportunity to meet face-to-face with procurement teams from 28 major players in the aviation and hospitality industries.
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25 March 2026
British engineering firm Rowden hosted a visit by British Army Sergeant Majors to explore how collaboration between engineers and soldiers helps shape and deliver operational technology.
25 March 2026
BAE Systems has signed a landmark seven-year framework agreement with the US Department of War (DoW) to quadruple production capacity and accelerate delivery of the infrared seeker for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor missile in support of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
25 March 2026
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to proceed with its proposals to require NATS (En Route) plc (NERL) to provide the UK Airspace Design Service.
25 March 2026
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) won two awards during Aviation Week’s 21st annual Program Excellence Awards last week, with its United Kingdom (UK) Protector Program given the Special Projects Award, whilst its Japan COCO (Company-Owned, Company-Operated) Program won in the category of OEM System Sustainment.
24 March 2026
UK military personnel will be put through their paces as part of a new diplomacy training programme, upskilling specialists in negotiation and languages as part of the UK's first Defence Diplomacy Strategy launched today.
24 March 2026
UK airspace modernisation has passed a major milestone with the expansion of Free Route Airspace (FRA) across Scottish Upper Airspace, delivering significant environmental and operational benefits for the aviation industry.
16 March 2026
Simon Clark, visiting lecturer at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering and founder and CEO of Julius & Clark, examines the transformation taking place within aerospace and defence manufacturing and the factory of the future.
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
9 March 2026
At the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Future of Flight Day, David Walters, Head of Futures and Innovation, National Police Air Service (NPAS), shared the latest progress in NPAS’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) development programme and showcased a recent multiagency search and rescue demonstration.
25 February 2026
The National Armaments Director (NAD) Group has awarded the third and final major contract within the Business Modernisation for Support (BMfS) programme, towards delivery of defence support transformation.
24 February 2026
The Metropolitan Police Service has cut mobile phone theft offences in London by 10,000 in the past year following its largest ever crackdown on phone thieves.
4 February 2026
The National Crime Agency (NCA) and NatWest Group have launched a joint campaign aimed at accounts payable professionals and finance personnel that highlights the risks of Invoice Fraud, a crime that costs businesses millions each year.
29 October 2025
The UKDI-Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), supported by Innovate UK Loans Ltd (Innovate UK), has opened Cycle 5 of Defence Innovation Loans with enhanced support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing defence solutions.
