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2026
10 September

ReleaseSigma Advanced Systems begins production at Sri City aerospace facility, replicating UK manufacturing capability in India

25 August

ReleaseSigma expands Rolls-Royce partnership with £125m additional long-term agreement following its strategic Bromford acquisition

14 August

ReleaseReliance Industries and Rolls-Royce announce strategic intent to partner and develop India's indigenous combat engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme

29 July BAE Systems will integrate software, digital networks and physical infrastructure under the extension.

BAE Systems wins £708m GCAP contract extension

The contract builds on Team Tempest progress since 2018, involving around 4,500 people across BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA UK and Rolls-Royce.

22 July

ReleaseTeam Tempest partners accelerate next-generation combat air technologies for UK defence

15 June

ReleaseNIAR opens Hub for Advanced Manufacturing and Research at Wichita State

20 May

ReleaseDepartment of the Air Force and Istari Digital unveil Industry Øne: the ARPANET for engineering

19 May

ReleaseIntelligent Energy joins UK alliance to accelerate hydrogen flight

6 May

Rolls-Royce pushes on with full-power hydrogen engine test

Testing at NASA Stennis has demonstrated a hydrogen-fuelled jet engine operating through a complete simulated commercial flight cycle.

27 April

ReleaseSigma Advanced Systems secures £300 million long-term agreement with Rolls-Royce to manufacture and supply aerospace systems

24 March

ReleaseSouth Yorkshire Mayor’s £2m grant unlocks £19m Rolls-Royce investment in Rotherham advanced manufacturing capability

30 January

ReleaseNAFCO breaks ground on Phase II Malaysia facility, accelerating global aerospace expansion and strengthening Asia-Pacific manufacturing strategy

2025
4 December

R-R accelerates airflow simulations using quantum computing

Simulation runtimes have fallen from weeks to less than an hour as teams use hybrid quantum-classical approaches to overcome key bottlenecks.

13 October

ReleaseVericut Force brings 20% tool cost savings per part to leading turbine part manufacturer

19 September

ReleaseRolls-Royce to lead EU’s new Clean Aviation project UNIFIED to transform and decarbonise aviation

9 September

Release€945 million for new clean aviation initiatives: 12 groundbreaking projects selected

9 September

ReleaseGCAP consortium expands partnership toward first flight

24 July More than 300 hours have been flown in a bespoke simulator by test pilots and engineers.

BAE reaches full-scale Combat Air Demonstrator design milestone

The UK’s first piloted supersonic demonstrator in four decades is now two-thirds structurally complete with wings and tail fins in build.

18 June

ReleaseNew orders for FACC at Paris Airshow

17 June

Release£250m for green aerospace projects ahead of Industrial Strategy

10 June

ReleaseWall Colmonoy Ltd (UK) invests £2 million in advanced vacuum precision investment casting capability

17 April The Seremban facility occupies 20,000 square metres of land with further expansion and upgrades already planned.

NAFCO launches Malaysian site as global output grows

The company's Seremban plant marked its official opening with industry and government guests and will focus on both aerospace and automotive components.

31 March

ReleaseMajor new project to develop testbeds for next generation airliners

11 March

ReleaseVertical Aerospace’s landmark year: advancing Flightpath 2030 with strong momentum

6 February Results from the first phase of the Hydrogen Challenge are expected to be published soon.

UK expands Hydrogen Challenge to accelerate zero-emission aviation

The extended initiative will support hydrogen propulsion testing, airport infrastructure upgrades and scientific research over the next three years.

23 January

ReleaseMitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines and Rolls-Royce celebrate 20 years of collaboration

2024
20 December

ReleaseHermith GmbH: global titanium market leader - 2024 highlights & 2025 goals

12 November

ReleasePall Corporation wins prestigious Global Aerospace Supplier Award from Rolls Royce

24 October Rob Bray - Engineering Co-Founder, Hyflux (Left), Prof Rod Badcock, Victoria University of Wellington, Robinson Research Institute (Centre), and Dr Gareth Smith - Chief Operating Officer, Hyflux (Right) at the EFATS Conference in Netherlands.

HyFlux partners with researchers to develop zero-emission aircraft engine

This collaboration unites HyFlux’s cutting-edge innovations in superconducting motor technology with the world-class research expertise of the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute, led by Professor Rod Badcock.

18 October

ReleaseHermith GmbH announces certification of one more production site in China by DNV under the standards ISO 9001 and EN 9100

22 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce and easyJet to perform hydrogen testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

22 July

ReleaseAdaCore announces its participation in the Safety-Critical Harsh Environment Micro-Processing Evolution (SCHEME) project

2023
20 July

ReleaseReliable Robotics brings autonomous flight even closer with industry leading certification milestone

19 June

ReleaseNew Rolls-Royce small engine set to begin tests to advance hybrid-electric flight

14 June

ReleaseUK industry reveals advanced technologies for next generation flying combat air demonstrator

6 June

ReleaseBarnes to acquire MB Aerospace

21 May

ReleaseGulfstream G800 makes continental debut

18 May

ReleaseMulti-million-pound partnership celebrates taking aerospace industry to new heights

20 April The Tempest.

UK MoD invests to progress technology for Tempest

The UK Tempest partners, working in close collaboration with the MoD, will now progress the maturity of more than 60 cutting-edge technology demonstrations, digital concepts and new technologies.

12 April

ReleasePlana introduction

2022
5 December

ReleaseFunding boost for hydrogen materials research

13 October Rolls-Royce's concept for a gas turbine running on hydrogen.

Twenty research projects gain EU clean aviation funding

Seven hundred million Euros will be available to innovators looking for the technological breakthroughs that could help deliver net zero carbon by 2050.

2 September

ReleaseRolls-Royce breaks ground for new production support facility in France

20 July The demonstrator aircraft will fly within the next five years.

UK lays out plans for next generation combat aircraft

Engineers at BAE Systems in the north of England are leading the design, test, evaluation and build, bringing together digital engineering technologies such as synthetic modelling and model-based systems engineering.

18 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce & Hyundai Motor Group sign MOU to lead the way in the Advanced Air Mobility market using all-electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology

18 July

ReleaseDelivering the future of UK Hypersonic capabilities

19 January The small scale spin testing facilities at Element Warwick will initially support Rolls-Royce programs.

Element partners Roll-Royce for UK spin testing

The Element team at Warwick will help Rolls-Royce conduct a comprehensive evaluation of its next generation disc alloy in shorter timescales, more conveniently than possible with its existing Berlin facility.

2021
24 August

ReleaseNational Aerospace Fasteners Corp. obtained the aerospace forging supplier approval from Safran Aircraft Engines

10 June

ReleaseVertical Aerospace announces intention to become publicly traded company via merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp.

2 February

ReleaseGKN Aerospace to accelerate sustainable aerospace technologies in future flight challenge