A senior Conservative MP demanded clarity on radar upgrades, Typhoon export prospects and the impact of the Government’s planned F-35 mix.

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Slingshot Aerospace has been selected by the UK Space Agency to deliver a global optical sensor network that will expand the United Kingdom’s ability to track satellites and orbital debris as congestion in orbit continues to rise.

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Pratt & Whitney has opened a new European Technology and Innovation Centre in the Netherlands to advance research into next-generation aircraft propulsion.

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Eight Nordic and Baltic nations will jointly finance a $500 million package of military equipment and munitions for Ukraine, sourced from the United States.

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According to Embraer, the approach draws on the aircraft’s electro-optical and infrared sensor for laser tracking and designation, wing-mounted 0.50 calibre guns, and laser-guided rockets to engage identified targets.

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Ben Obese-Jecty, Conservative MP for Huntingdon, argued that the Government’s announcement of the A-variant risks masking deeper questions about the UK’s combat air posture.

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The US Navy’s well known C-130 Hercules, Fat Albert, will return to Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge later this year for a centre wing box replacement that will add decades to the aircraft’s service life.

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The deployment is part of the continuing Bomber Task Force rotation model, which the U.S. Air Force says allows the U.S. to demonstrate long-range strike integration with European partners.

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Omen is a hover to cruise autonomous air vehicle that the partners say offers the endurance and payload of larger systems within a compact airframe.

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A Royal Air Force RC-135 surveillance aircraft was deployed today to monitor Russian forces in occupied Ukraine.

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