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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
