The aircraft will test how stratospheric connectivity can support real-time 5G services over a 15-kilometre radius.

A proposed merger between a pair of British firms—one a longtime aircraft manufacturer and the other a pioneer in alternative propulsion systems—could hold the key to an aviation first. The U.K.’s ...

Britten Norman has secured new investment from a group of investors led by 4D Capital Partners LLP (“4D”), a Private Equity firm that focuses on operational improvement and business transformation.

Cranfield Pauses Hydrogen Islander, Pivots To UAS is published in Advanced Air Mobility Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence ...

Britten-Norman, the UK’s leading utility aircraft manufacturer, has completed its second funding round, securing significant capital from Northern Ireland-based Beechlands Enterprises. The investment ...

Britten-Norman has demonstrated the performance of a BN2T-4S Islander fitted with a 5G antenna array, as part of project to develop a high-altitude connectivity platform. The platform is intended for ...

The merger between the UK companies is expected to be complete by around mid-2023, at which point new investors will provide a further £10 million in capital. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Britten ...

Britten-Norman, the U.K.-based turboprop aircraft manufacturer, is developing a type certification path for the integration of Garmin’s TXi engine indication system (EIS) into its Islander aircraft, ...

The Falkland Islands government has taken delivery of a new Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander, supplementing a fleet of decades-old BN2Bs. Britten-Norman recently delivered the new Textron Lycoming ...

World Mobile Stratospheric (WMS) has announced a collaboration with Britten-Norman to demonstrate a pioneering airborne 5G communication system using a BN2T-4S ...