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

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

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.

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 ...