Cabinet split over New Medium Helicopter award leaves Leonardo’s Yeovil factory and 3,000 jobs at risk as deadlines loom, echoing the 1986 Westland Affair.

The UK’s Royal Navy has successfully transformed one of its Wildcat helicopters into an ...

Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a £122 million ($152 million) contract to supply six H145 light-twin helicopters to the UK for troop transport duties in Brunei and Cyprus. Originally part of the ...

NATO and the United Kingdom have carried out a routine, visible intelligence-gathering presence over the Black Sea in recent ...

Airbus Helicopters UK has now received the first examples of both the helicopter types it will supply for the UK’s Military Flight Training System (MFTS) requirement. Delivered to the company’s Oxford ...

As the deadline to submit bids for the United Kingdom’s New Medium Helicopter program passes, Leonardo has been left as the sole remaining bidder as Airbus and Sikorsky confirm they will not seek the ...

British aviation crossed a major milestone this week as the UK’s first truly autonomous full-size helicopter completed its maiden flight in Cornwall. The aircraft flew from Predannack airfield on the ...

16:07, Tue, Jan 13, 2026 Updated: 16:15, Tue, Jan 13, 2026 Reform UK has pressed the UK Government on "rumours" it is looking to buy US-made military helicopters. It comes after delays to a £1bn ...

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has today called on all UK drone operators to fly responsibly and avoid flying their drones near emergency services helicopters that are dealing with incidents. The ...