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 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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Britten-Norman Islanders to be converted to zero-emissions hydrogen electric propulsion systems by a German company that is focused on carbon neutral regional aviation. According to AOL air industry ...

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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, ...

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Perhaps Britten-Norman's greatest success is that it has survived. In its early 1970s heyday, the UK's only commercial aircraft manufacturer – since BAE Systems axed its regional jet activities in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a former Navy pilot, William Hynett is accustomed to making split-second decisions that have an immediate ...