Saab and GKN deepen work on the Gripen engine
Saab and GKN Aerospace have signed an agreement giving GKN a larger role in engine and propulsion work for the Gripen E/F, after the Swedish government decided to strengthen national expertise on the engine.
Britain’s Brimstone 3 to reach initial capability next month
The Brimstone 3 programme was given a revised baseline on 19 June and now carries an initial operating capability forecast of November 2026.
Britain to fly hypersonic target from Hebrides range
A target vehicle able to replicate threats travelling at more than five times the speed of sound is being built under Project Bowline, with a live flight demonstration planned at the MOD Hebrides Range in 2027.
Marshall Aerospace sold to private equity investor
Marshall Aerospace, the British military maintenance and special mission conversion specialist with roots going back to 1909, has been bought by the private equity investor AURELIUS.
QinetiQ and Serco join Canadian air training bid
Two British defence services companies have joined a consortium bidding for Canada's programme to modernise its air weapons ranges, alongside two Indigenous enterprises and a Canadian engineering firm.
Cody unveils Badger missile and Ordnance One factory plans
A British company founded in February, Cody Aerospace and Defence, has announced its first missile, aiming at a replenishment cycle of under a year against the three years it takes now. #ApexEurope
Edgewing opens first GCAP engineering site in Turin
The joint venture designing the next generation fighter for Britain, Italy and Japan has opened an engineering site in Turin, the first of three planned facilities, with British and Japanese sites due to follow in the coming months.
The missile is the easy part of deep precision strike
Defining deep precision strike as the ability to put a missile on a target hundreds of kilometres away is thinking about the problem too narrowly, said Luke Wattam, co-founder of the British company Labrys Technologies at #ApexEurope.
Electronic warfare is driving the move to autonomy
The spread of localised electronic warfare across the front in Ukraine is what is pushing drones towards autonomy, the head of UK land at Helsing told the #ApexEurope conference in London.
We have always found a route to yes, says air regulator
The Military Aviation Authority has yet to meet an uncrewed system for which it could not find a path to approval, its head of regulation and certification told the #ApexEurope conference in London on Wednesday.
