Aerospace Manufacturing

Scotland’s rapidly growing space technology sector has received another boost as a cutting-edge avionics developer expands into an innovation facility in Edinburgh aero-mag.com/space-avionics…

Rolls-Royce has secured €64m funding from the EU's Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to lead UNIFIED, a collaborative research project supporting the development and planned ground testing of UltraFan 30 demonstrator aero-mag.com/64m-clean-avia…

Boeing has hosted its fifth UK supplier trade mission in Seattle, welcoming a new cohort of UK suppliers over two days for briefings, factory tours and targeted business meetings aimed at boosting opportunities for future collaboration aero-mag.com/boeing-hosts-u…

Deutsche Aircraft has appointed Nils Heuer as director of global sales aero-mag.com/deutsche-aircr…

Airbus is working at “full throttle” to offer the German Air Force an operational Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA) system by 2029, the company has announced aero-mag.com/airbus-prepare…

UAVOS, a company operating in unmanned aerial systems and stratospheric technologies, announces the successful production of another batch of high-performance composite rotor blades for unmanned helicopters aero-mag.com/uavos-produces…

.@NCMT_Ltd will be exhibiting at the UK’s premier manufacturing and engineering showcase, @MACHexhibition, taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 20–24 April aero-mag.com/ncmt-to-debut-…

Bell Textron has successfully held the Critical Design Review for DARPA’s SPRINT programme. This milestone allows Bell to begin building the next-generation aircraft demonstrator, recently designated as the X-76 aero-mag.com/x76-aircraft-m…

From 5-7 May, WFL Millturn Technologies is hosting its Technology Meeting at its headquarters in Linz, Austria aero-mag.com/wfl-presents-l…

AERO (April 22–25, 2026), a leading international tradeshow for general aviation, business aviation, and air sports, will take place in a positive market environment aero-mag.com/aero-2026-set-…

The UK Ministry of Defence has announced a £1bn contract award for new medium helicopters (NMH). Under the programme, Leonardo will build and deliver 23 latest generation AW149s from Yeovil, boosting the UK Armed Forces’ capabilities aero-mag.com/leonardo-wins-…

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has delivered its first and second stages of the RFA One launch vehicle to SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, reaching an important milestone on the road to the first test flight, which is planned for summer 2026 aero-mag.com/rfa-one-rocket…

Sierra Space, a leading defence-tech space company, has announced a $550m equity investment led by LuminArx Capital Management, a global alternative investment manager, with participation from existing investors aero-mag.com/new-550m-inves…

Pratt & Whitney is investing $200m to expand the capabilities and footprint of its Columbus, Georgia, operations, which support commercial and military engine programmes aero-mag.com/pratt-and-whit…

A jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has shown the potential of additive manufacturing to cut costs and complexity for futuristic space antennas aero-mag.com/nasa-tests-3d-…

Filtronic, a global leader in high-performance and high-frequency solutions for the space, defence and critical communications markets, has announced the opening of its new headquarters and manufacturing facility at NETPark, County Durham aero-mag.com/filtronic-doub…

Commercial aircraft orders increased by 71% in January 2026 compared with the same month in 2025, according to the trade association ADS aero-mag.com/aircraft-order…

Zünd UK will host a dedicated Composites Open Day on Thursday 26 March, welcoming manufacturers, engineers and production teams working with composite  materials aero-mag.com/znd-open-day-t…

Surface Coating arrives at MACH 2026 having secured one of the sector’s most demanding credentials: Nadcap accreditation aero-mag.com/surface-coatin…

Airbus will be drawing on the Bodo Möller Chemie Group’s expertise in adhesives for aerospace applications in the future aero-mag.com/bodo-mller-che…