Fire rips along a hillside at night, bright orange flames lighting the sky and smoke.

Military aid requested for raging Scottish wildfire

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney has requested military aerial support from the UK Government to help tackle the Cairngorms wildfire, now in its 11th day, as a major incident remains in place and residents are evacuated from Nethy Bridge.
Three-rotor unmanned aircraft mounted on a test stand with supporting cables on a runway and a tree line in the background.

Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 drone completes first flight tests

Sikorsky has finished initial ground and flight testing of its Nomad 100 uncrewed aircraft, a rotor-blown-wing design flown under DARPA's EVADE programme and marking the company's entry into the drone market.

Rolls-Royce to support French-German C-130J engines

The company has signed a subcontract with Sabena technics to provide MissionCare engine sustainment for the binational squadron's ten C-130J and KC-130J aircraft at Évreux until December 2030.
Unmanned military drone taxiing on a runway with a control tower and desert mountains in the background.

MGI Engineering unveils Vortex drone for StormFighter bid

Oxfordshire firm MGI Engineering has launched the T-022 Vortex, a near-supersonic autonomous combat aircraft it is pitching at the RAF's StormFighter requirement, priced at £3m to £6m per airframe.
Three silhouetted fighter jets fly in formation across a clear blue sky, with faint reflections below on the water surface.

Romania shoots down second drone in two days

An F-16 brought down another drone over the Danube Delta on Saturday morning, a day after Romania destroyed an intruder in its airspace for the first time.

British Army to replace Watchkeeper with Tekever AR5 drones

The British Army has selected the Tekever AR5 to replace its Watchkeeper drones under a deal worth up to £400m over ten years, with the surveillance aircraft to be built at a new Tekever plant in Swindon.

Typhoon jets scrambled as Qatar airliner sparks ‘concern’

RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept a Qatar Airways 777 from Doha to Manchester earlier today , after the flight caused concern to civil authorities.

NATO shoots down drone deep inside alliance airspace

An unknown drone came in over the Danube and tracked inland across two Romanian counties before an F-16 put a missile into it above an empty field. Nobody will yet say whose it was.
B-52 bomber taxiing on a runway at an airfield, engines visible under its long wings.

Iran declares RAF base in England a ‘legitimate target’

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has named RAF Fairford as a legitimate target, after American B-1 bombers flew missions against Iran from the Gloucestershire airfield.
Top-down view of a futuristic aircraft slicing through blue sky and clouds, glowing propulsion visible along its belly

Engine for Britain’s next fighter jet moves toward testing

The consortium developing the power and propulsion system for the Global Combat Air Programme has moved a step closer to ground testing its engine demonstrator following a series of design reviews, Rolls-Royce stated.