Redditch based distributor of advanced electronics manufacturing equipment in the UK and Ireland, Altus Group, will be returning to Southern Manufacturing & Electronics - taking place 3rd-5th February 2026 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre - with a line-up of advanced process technologies from global suppliers.

Global financial decision-makers and investors from across the space and financial services industries convened on Wednesday 10th December for the inaugural Global Space Finance Summit at the London Stock Exchange.

Specialist provider of Facilities Management (FM) and foodservice to military establishments across the UK, ESS Defence, together with the Royal Navy, have won this year’s Institute for Collaborative Working Chairman’s Award.

Distributor of advanced electronics manufacturing equipment in the UK and Ireland, Altus Group, will return to Southern Manufacturing & Electronics from 3rd-5th February 2026 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, to showcase a range of advanced process technologies from global suppliers.

Wallwork Group will be returning to Southern Manufacturing 2026 - being held 3rd–5th February 2026 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre - with a significantly expanded capability, showcasing the hard coatings, heat treatments and advanced thermal processing solutions they supply.

Flying Officer Ali Bachar, an engineer at Harlow-based Raytheon UK, has been honoured for his outstanding commitment to STEM education and youth engagement at the Regional Commandant Awards held at RAF Northolt.

GeoPura has delivered a landmark demonstration of its resilient, zero-emission hydrogen energy technology at RAF Waddington, showcasing the capability of two Hydrogen Power Units (HPU-Ms) to provide robust, off-grid electrical power suitable for deployed, expeditionary and main-base resilience applications.

Defence and training support company MASS and its JCAST partners, have successfully delivered Joint Venture 2025 alongside the UK MoD’s Integrated Warfare Centre (IWC) - the capstone annual operational validation event ensuring the UK is prepared for war in Europe.

Rushmoor borough has today been awarded the prestigious honour of hosting the 2026 National Armed Forces Day celebrations.

The UK Space Agency unveiled £17 million for 17 UK space projects through its National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), at Space-Comm Expo in Glasgow.

Scotland’s space sector will receive a major funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation, the UK Space Agency will announce today at Space-Comm Expo Scotland.

QinetiQ’s annual Schools Powerboat Challenge has put students’ engineering and piloting skills to the test.

A group of students from Kilmarnock Academy in Prestwick have been crowned champions of the 2025 RTX Quadcopter Challenge, held at London’s historic Honourable Artillery Company.

The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) has revealed the 2025 winners of the global aerospace community’s most prestigious and long-standing awards honouring achievement and innovation.

Women in Defence UK has announced the winners of the 10th Anniversary Women in Defence UK Awards, held yesterday, celebrating a decade of honouring exceptional women, men, individuals and teams who contribute to the defence of the United Kingdom.

The UK’s Ajax armoured fighting vehicle programme has been recognised for excellence in project delivery at the Global Project Controls Expo Awards.

Somerset based specialist in safety-critical embedded software, WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS), has been officially presented with the King's Award for Enterprise for International Trade in a ceremony at its Long Ashton headquarters.

Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Emirates and Rolls-Royce today at the Dubai Airshow 2025, Emirates will perform Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) for the Trent 900 engines powering its own A380 fleet from 2027.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), together with the governments of Japan, Malaysia and industry stakeholders, have issued a joint statement at COP30, urging governments and the international community to reaffirm the leadership of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and accelerate coordinated climate action ...

NATS and Indra Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Dubai Airshow 2025, to establish a new Joint Venture aimed at redefining airport tower operations worldwide.

Emirates today announced an order for eight additional Airbus A350-900 aircraft - powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB84 engines - at the Dubai Airshow 2025, worth US$3.4 billion.

Spanish airline Air Europa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for up to 40 A350-900 aircraft to underpin its long haul fleet replacement, which was announced during the Dubai Airshow.

NATS Services has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bayanat Engineering at the Dubai Airshow 2025, to advance Air Traffic Solutions across the Middle East and Africa.

Etihad Airways has signed an agreement at the Dubai Airshow today, significantly expanding its Airbus widebody fleet by placing a firm order for six A330-900s and becoming the latest A330neo customer.

At the Dubai Airshow today, NATS has partnered with Willis to deliver risk and resilience advisory services and bespoke solutions to global aviation stakeholders.

At the opening of the Dubai Airshow 2025 today, Emirates announced orders for 65 additional Boeing 777-9 aircraft, powered by GE 9X engines, worth US$38 billion at list prices.

Provider of modular space software solutions, Bright Ascension, will officially launch its modular and reusable ground software development product, Helix Groundkit, at Space Tech Expo Europe 2025 in Bremen (18th–20th November), showing the new software in action.

Team Plymouth took centre stage at an event in Westminster’s Terrace Pavilion, showcasing the city’s pivotal role in shaping the UK’s defence future and driving inclusive growth across the South West.

The countdown is on for the biggest ever space industry event to be held in Scotland, now just three weeks away.

The biennial Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) - taking place next year, 18th-20th November 2026 - is to feature a dedicated focus on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), consider efforts to build a more sustainable aviation infrastructure and explore defence and space business innovation.

UK regional airline Loganair, has won the domestic airline of the year for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year at the Scottish Passenger Agent’s Association (SPAA) Awards 2025.

Boeing will be bringing its defence and services solutions to the Dubai Airshow later this month, with the F-15 Eagle, the CH-47 Chinook, KC-46 Pegasus, AH-64 Apache and the C-17 Globemaster on static display.

Lloyd’s Register has been awarded a contract from BAE Systems Maritime Australia (BAESMA) for Naval Classification New Construction Services for the first three Royal Australian Navy Hunter class frigates.

Blighter will be showcasing its smart radars and AI-assisted BlighterNexus software in the UK pavilion at Defense & Security 2025 taking place at the IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand from the 10th-13th November 2025.

Wayland Additive, a specialist in eBeam metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, is returning to Formnext (taking place 18th–21st November 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany) where it will be showcasing its NeuBeam technology.

Saab's BlueBear company has played a crucial role in Ex KOP SHIELD, conducted by the British Army's 7 Air Defence Group in the Falklands.

Advanced Engineering has launched a new report to provide a timely 'AI reality check' for the UK’s manufacturing and engineering sectors.

Babcock has won the Net Zero Resource Efficiency category at this year’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) Sanctuary Awards, which celebrate exceptional sustainability and conservation achievements.

Salt Communications has been named the winner of the Secure Communications Solution of the Year award in the 2025 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards programme.

Rolls-Royce Submarines and Siemens, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on digital optimisation and boost efficiency across engineering.

Space-Comm have confirmed plans for the biggest ever space industry event to be held in Scotland, organised in partnership with ADS Group, with support from the UK Space Agency and Space Scotland, representing both the UK and Scottish Governments.

The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) has expanded its 2026 exhibition footprint with the addition of a new hall, following the selling out of space 12 months in advance of the event, breaking the previous sell-out record.

Cohort plc recently scooped the prestigious award for Growth Business of the Year at the AIM awards in London.

Edinburgh based Zelim’s AI-powered maritime safety and surveillance technology has been selected to take part in NATO’s largest naval exercise, REPMUS 2025.

Lane Electronics will be showcasing its extensive portfolio of interconnection solutions next month at the Engineering Design Show (EDS) 2025, taking place 8th–9th October at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Advanced Engineering - taking place next month at the NEC, Birmingham (29th-30th October) - will focus on automation and robotics, sustainability, policy and the skills gap, whilst also highlighting additive manufacturing, advanced materials and composites, as well as aerospace, defence and satellite engineering.

Ground has been broken at RAF Leeming and RAF Boulmer marking the first two projects to start construction under a landmark contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Babcock recently hit the highway as it started a nationwide tour of the UK in a specially kitted out bus, where it is connecting with colleagues and highlighting the positive impact it is having on communities the length and breadth of Britain, as it ramps up recruitment.

In a world first, ADS is offering defence companies headquartered in Ukraine the opportunity to gain unparalled support through becoming members of the UK trade association for aerospace, defence, security and space.

Babcock International Group and Australian company Critical Infrastructure Technologies (CiTech) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a rapidly deployable hub that can house a combination of 5G communication, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-UAS systems for the Eastern Flank and other defence ...

Flare Bright is exhibiting within the ADS Pavilion at DSEI 2025, where they will be showcasing their innovative suite of GPS-free navigation technology and launching their new flight termination safety system, Extera.

Sentronics has launched its new RealFlow d450 and d600 series at the Defence and Security Equipment (DSEI) event taking place this week at Excel, London.

At DSEI UK 2025, Reventec Limited has unveiled a DroneCAN protocol option to their capacitive liquid level sensor line up, allowing a next generation of UAV’s to take advantage of superior fuel level monitoring.

During DSEI 2025, SSS Clutches is demonstrating the naval applications of the SSS Clutch in hybrid and Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) systems.

Babcock has unveiled a cutting-edge AI-powered communications intelligence product called Nomad at DSEI UK 2025, which will give front line military and security services real-time information at the touch of a button.

IDV is showcasing its latest land vehicles at DSEI UK and demonstrating how its UK operations are developing state-of-the-art autonomous technologies that will provide Armed Forces around the world with the capabilities essential for future uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs).

Babcock has launched an innovative maritime variant of the Babcock Immersive Training Experience (BITE) – on the opening day of DSEI in London – which is the latest example of how the product can be used across domains to transform training.

Moog will display several variants of its innovative Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) at DSEI 2025 from today until Friday 12th September.

Axon’ Cable Limited will be exhibiting at DSEI 2025, being held from today at ExCeL London from (9th–12th September), at the North Hall, showcasing its 60 year's of providing interconnect solutions interconnect solutions for defence, military aerospace and space applications.

TCI has introduced two new Radio Frequency (RF) Receivers, designed for continuous, real-time signal collection to support Communications Intelligence (COMINT) operations.

Whitetree will unveil Competitive Intelligence as a Service (CIaaS) at this year’s DSEI – a new offering designed to help defence, aerospace and critical national infrastructure suppliers gain the edge in high-stakes bids.

WEAF, the supply chain organisation supporting aerospace, defence, and advanced manufacturing for the South West, will be amplifying the significance of the region’s core capabilities in defence technologies at DSEI UK.

For Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), ADS - the trade association for the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space industries - is hosting 180 organisations at the ADS Pavilion.

Electro Optic Systems (EOS) - which in August secured the world’s first export contract for its 100 kW-class High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) with a European NATO member state - today announced the official identity of its HELW: Apollo.

BMT has unveiled ELLIDA STRIKE, a forward-looking conceptual design of what a future multirole strike ship could offer the UK's Royal Navy.

Tiberius Aerospace has secured a UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to develop Sceptre, their revolutionary new Ramjet 155mm munition.

NP Aerospace has launched a new specialist women’s body armour range.

Tyron Runflat is set to launch the world’s lightest rubber Runflat band at this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International show, DSEI UK 2025.

Devon-based defence engineering group Supacat has today received its first export order from the Czech Ministry of Defence (MOD) for 18 High Mobility Transporter (HMT) - similar to that of the UKs Jackal 3 Extenda, a versatile platform developed for use by global Special Forces - to be used by the Czech’s 601st Special Forces Group.

G3 Systems Ltd has established several major European supply chain partnerships, which will form the foundations for the delivery of a contract to supply the Netherlands Ministry of Defence with circa 700 flatracks and containers, as part of their Wissellaadsystemen, Trekker-opleggercombinaties and WielBergingsvoertuigen (WTB) programme.

Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC) CEO Alan Fisher (above) has confirmed Alex Baker, MP for Aldershot and Farnborough, as the keynote speaker at this year's edition of the FAC annual conference, being held on 25th September at the Village Hotel in Farnborough.

ISTEC Services Limited is launching their Mk2 Softmount for the M2 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG), which it will be exhibiting alongside its other products at DSEI 2025, taking place at Excel, London, next week (9th-12th September 2025).

Babcock has signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) with PGZ SA, the Polish Armaments Group, to expand their collaboration across sea and air domains.

Altair will demonstrate the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered engineering, smart manufacturing and advanced connectivity at DSEI 2025, taking place next week (9th-12th September) at the ExCel Centre in London.

The first CV9030 MkIV infantry fighting vehicle for the Army of the Czech Republic was officially unveiled yesterday at a rollout ceremony at BAE Systems Hägglunds in Sweden.

Galvion has reached a significant head system sales milestone with over 1.25 million helmets ordered by NATO and allied customers.

Sentinel Photonics has launched ECHO and LASERD MAX, two new laser detection capabilities designed to expose covert threats and give operators a critical edge in laser-contested environments, which they will demo at DSEI next month.

ODU will be unveiling new rugged connectors at DSEI UK 2025, (9th–12th September, Excel London), which are fully optimised for demanding applications.

This year, for the first time, the British Army Expo - an immersive show demonstrating the British Army's warfighting capability - is being held in Edinburgh, 18th-23rd August.

Cohort Group plc will be showcasing the latest innovative technology from its seven specialist businesses at DSEI 2025 (9th-12th September, Excel, London).

Getac will be showcasing its latest rugged defence tech solutions for defence professionals at DSEI 2025 (9th-12th September, Excel, London).

Redditch based Heller will be showcasing UK-built manufacturing solutions on the Make UK Defence Pavilion stand at DSEI (9th-12th September, ExCel, London Docklands).

Captec will be unveiling its most comprehensive defence portfolio to date at DSEI 2025 (9th–12th September, Excel London), showcasing rugged servers, secure encrypted systems, high-performance computing platforms for training and simulation and the company’s DLC technology.

Independent UK paint manufacturer, HMG Paints, will be returning to DSEI UK (Defence and Security Equipment International) 2025, taking place from 9th to 12th September 2025, at ExCeL London, to highlight the latest advancements in defence coatings.

The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Cybersecurity and Information Centre of Excellence (ACICE) hosted the third Digital Defence Symposium (DDS) in Singapore, bringing together more than 300 senior defence officials, academics, industry experts and international partners from across 35 ...

Seventeen of Wales’ forces-friendly employers have been recognised with the prestigious Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey and Türkiye Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul, marking a major step towards the export of Typhoon fighter jets to Türkiye.

DSEI UK has hosted a high-level roundtable on defence technology and innovation for government, large industry suppliers and SMEs, delivering high technology to the UK.

Babcock were back at one of the largest student engineering events in Europe last week as part of its commitment to supporting the next generation of engineers.

One of Europe’s largest and most advanced thermal processing companies, Bury headquartered Wallwork Group, will be bringing their full spectrum of extensive services to DSEI 2025 (9th–12th September 2025, Excel London).

In an historic first, the Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail AEW Mk1 performed its first ever flypast with the iconic Red Arrows aerobatic display team at the weekend, at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in Fairford, Gloucester.

Viasat, SSTL and MDA Space have announced they are working together to develop designs and proposals for a lunar orbiting communications satellite system around the Moon, called Moonlight.

As the defence landscape continues to evolve at pace, with technological advances reshaping mission requirements and placing increasing demands on deployed computing systems, computing specialist Captec will be showcasing next-generation computing platforms at DSEI 2025 (9th–12th September 2025, Excel London).

Franchised distributor of electrical, electronic and optical connectors, Lane Electronics, will be exhibiting at DSEI 2025 (9th–12th September 2025, Excel London) will have the opportunity to explore the company’s latest connector technologies and its UK-based assembly and services.

Celestia UK is announcing at the UK Space Conference 2025 (Manchester, 16th-17th July 2025) that it has commenced the preproduction stage of a new generation of ground station gateway.

Lane Electronics, a franchised distributor for many of the industry’s major electrical, electronic and optical connector manufacturers, will be Exhibiting at MSPO 2025 (2nd–5th September 2025, Kielce, Poland), where they will be displaying the latest connector innovations and demonstrating their UK based assembling and value add services.

Amersham based aerospace business Flitetec, has confirmed two major deals that it shook on at the recent Paris Air Show.

Taking place on 29th and 30th October 2025 at the NEC Birmingham, Advanced Engineering will have a new expanded Composites Pavilion, SME Village, the ADS Pavilion, AM2 Forum (Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Forum) and a focused Electronics Zone.

A team of four students from Teignmouth Community School in Devon came second in the International Youth Rocketry Championships, narrowly missing pole position in a nail-biting final.

Babcock engaged with over 300 local school pupils with a special Plymouth themed Festival of Engineering event aimed at inspiring the next generation of talent into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers.

Over 200 senior business leaders, investors, policymakers and academics from across the UK gathered this week at the Lancashire Cyber Festival to discuss Lancashire’s opportunity to become a global leader in cyber-enabled defence and security.

Clarion Events Defence and Security has announced the appointment of Colonel (ret) Bernd Kögel as Managing Director of DSEI Germany, effective 1st October 2025.