Aerospace news in the UK

An overview of news, trends and research in the Aerospace industry in the UK:

Secretariat helps Lockheed Martin obtain $131 million damages claim Lockheed Martin has recovered more than $131 million in damages from the United States Air Force.
26 November 2025
Develop Consulting becomes newest member of Aerospace Wales As its members look to grow the sector beyond its national borders, Aerospace Wales has welcomed Develop Consulting to its membership.
14 November 2025
Consulting firms joins defence event DSEI as sponsors and knowledge partners A three-day event aimed at connecting military organisations with global public and private stakeholders has kicked off in London.
09 September 2025
Cross-border PwC team supports Bluesky with its sale to Woolpert Bluesky International has joined US-headquartered geospatial organisation Woolpert. The sale process was supported by the UK and US corporate finance teams of PwC.
03 June 2025
Aerospace industry’s innovation in sustainability hits turbulence Investment in sustainable aerospace technologies has plummeted, with innovation in environmental performance hitting its lowest point in nearly a decade, according to Appleyard Lees research.
19 November 2024
NP Aerospace acquires Jankel Armouring The assets of Jankel Armouring have been sold to UK defence technology firm NP Aerospace by joint administrators. The process was overseen by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal.
13 June 2024
CGI develops standardised interfaces for European Space Agency As the European space economy looks to build on early success, leading players are hoping to open it up to private sector investment.
06 June 2024
WEF and McKinsey: Space economy to hit $1.8 trillion by 2035 Earth’s dwindling resources have been over-exploited for decades, and as the resulting supply chain disruption and price inflation sees the world’s leading economies struggle for growth, many busines
01 May 2024
UK among world's most attractive space markets for investors After the United States, the UK is seen as the most attractive destination for investors looking to enter the growing space technology market.
12 September 2023
BeetleSat appoints H&Z Management Consulting as procurement lead Space group BeetleSat has selected H&Z Management Consulting as its lead consultant for procurement services.
25 July 2023
Two-thirds of aerospace firms use digital twins to boost sustainability Momentum is growing for digital twin technology in the aerospace and defence industries.
21 July 2023
Rolls-Royce taps McKinsey for organisational restructuring Rumours have begun circulating that Rolls-Royce may be heading for a round of job cuts.
13 June 2023
Former ADL incubator pushes for lift-off of space tourism offering HALO Space, company which launched from Arthur D. Little’s innovation incubator, has announced its second test flight.
31 March 2023
ADS appoints Vendigital as strategic data partner Management consultancy Vendigital has been chosen by aerospace industry body, ADS, as its strategic data partner.
13 July 2022
CGI supports MOD with geospatial intelligence IT services consultancy CGI has announced it will be partnering with the MOD in a new 23-month contract.
25 May 2022
Government investments in space sector reach record $92 billion Governments worldwide invested an estimated $92 billion in the space sector throughout 2021.
09 February 2022
Tempest programme will stimulate economic and digital growth A new study produced by PwC and Strategy& estimates that the economic impact of the Tempest programme will be felt in every region of the UK.
01 June 2021
CGI to develop platform for satellite communications marketplace Global consultancy CGI has landed yet another contract with the European Space Agency, and will now develop an innovative Artificial Intelligence enabled platform as part of the Autonomous Satcom Sol
16 November 2020
CGI supports commercial flight trials of Iris air traffic upgrade International professional services firm CGI has been handed another new contract pertaining to space technology by client Inmarsat.
01 July 2020
Curzon Consulting joins aerospace, defence and space alliance London-based consultancy Curzon Consulting has become a member of the ADS Group.
03 June 2020
European Space Agency taps CGI to deliver 5G tool-kit Global professional services firm CGI has landed a new contract with the European Space Agency, which will see the firm work to develop a tool-kit for the organisation’s terrestrial and satellite net
04 February 2020
UK most attractive European nation for aerospace manufacturing A new report assessing the attractiveness of aerospace manufacturing investments by nations has ranked the UK, with revenues of US$46billion, within the global top four.
05 September 2019
Over half of capital intensive projects globally underperform Over half of capital intensive projects globally underperform, with those in rail, defence and infrastructure in particular having poor track records.
08 July 2019
Rolls-Royce's record pension buy-out advised on by Mercer Global actuarial consultancy Mercer has advised the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund on a record buy-out worth over £4.6 billion.
18 June 2019
Blockchain could boost Aerospace and Defence digital thread performance A global survey of senior executives in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific has found that Blockchain technology is increasingly being used to extend the digital capacity of organisations across a
23 July 2018
Cyber-intelligence staff among nearly 2,000 BAE Systems redundancies The world’s tenth largest cyber-security consultants have axed 1,900 jobs in the UK, including over 100 in its cyber defence department.
16 October 2017
Deloitte launches new Aviation Technology practice in UK Deloitte has launched a new Aviation Technology division as part of its UK Travel, Hospitality and Leisure practice.
16 March 2017
NASA Ames Research Center awards Booz Allen $34 million contract The NASA Ames Research Center, one of NASA's ten field centers, has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton an almost $35 million five year contract.
07 November 2016
Altran, Rapita Systems and University of Oxford JV wins aviation contract Altran will work together with Rapita Systems and the University of Oxford to deliver a National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme a funded project to automate the testing of SPARK in the aviation industry.
22 September 2016
MOD and CGI join forces to develop insight in space landscape The UK MOD’s National Space Security Policy and the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review call for improved oversight into the situation in space as orbital satellites and debris increasingly cocongest the landscape.
31 August 2016
Ramboll helps European Southern Observatory with logistic operation The ESO has hired Ramboll to provide consultancy for the logistic process of moving more than 900 highly sophisticated mirror segments from Europe to the top of a 3 km high mountain in Chile.
22 July 2016
Brexit would economically harm UK science and engineering industries The economic impact of the UK leaving the EU are across the board not projected to be rosy.
20 June 2016

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