Andrew Chuter

Andrew Chuter is the United Kingdom correspondent for Defense News.


  • NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline
    NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline

    LONDON — Defense spending by NATO countries continues to decline in real terms, according to figures released by the alliance ahead of a meeting of defense ministers starting Wednesday

  • Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat
    Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat

    Editor’s Note: A quotation by Lori Erlich has been clarified in this article.

  • Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178
    Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178

    Undaunted by the undeclared war with Russian-backed separatists for the east of the country, Ukrainian airlifter specialist Antonov arrived in Paris for this week’s air show with a new aircraft, plans for new developments and a restructured company to help restore its market position.

  • Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter
    Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter

    Turkish Aerospace Industries has signed a deal giving the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) a place on the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter (TLUH) program as the engine provider.

  • CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training
    CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training

    PARIS — Italy’s efforts to expand the availability of crew training for its Predator and Reaper unmanned air vehicle fleet took a step forward Tuesday with the Air Force contracting Canadian simulator company CAE to upgrade and enhance a mission training simulator already ordered but not delivered.

  • Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand
    Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand

    This year, a team of the company’s young engineers and managers drawn from five European countries were challenged to come up with concepts and technologies that might be available in the 2035 timeframe to give warfighters a way to assemble missiles in the field from a suite of components designed to meet specific threats.

  • Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s
    Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s

    PARIS — Raytheon Missile Systems is open to developing a powered version of the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDBII) to meet a British requirement for a mini-cruise missile it is looking to purchase for its fleet of F-35 combat jets, according to Taylor Lawrence, president of the company’s missile systems business.

  • Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal
    Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal

    LONDON — A partnership deal to demonstrate the capabilities of a hybrid airship as a maritime surveillance platform has been signed by Selex ES and HybridAir Vehicles, according to an official at the defense electronics arm of Finmeccancia

  • Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal
    Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal

    Raytheon Missiles secured its first production order for the Small Diameter Bomb II in a $30.9 million deal with the US Defense Department, revealed just ahead of the Paris Air Show opening June 15.

  • Some Major Companies Missing at Paris
    Some Major Companies Missing at Paris

    PARIS — The most eagerly awaited aerospace event of 2015 opens in Paris June 15 and although it is expected to be another bumper display, some in the defense sector are less enthusiastic than they have been in the past in supporting the air show at Le Bourget.

  • NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline
    NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline

    LONDON — Defense spending by NATO countries continues to decline in real terms, according to figures released by the alliance ahead of a meeting of defense ministers starting Wednesday

  • Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat
    Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat

    Editor’s Note: A quotation by Lori Erlich has been clarified in this article.

  • Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178
    Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178

    Undaunted by the undeclared war with Russian-backed separatists for the east of the country, Ukrainian airlifter specialist Antonov arrived in Paris for this week’s air show with a new aircraft, plans for new developments and a restructured company to help restore its market position.

  • Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter
    Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter

    Turkish Aerospace Industries has signed a deal giving the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) a place on the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter (TLUH) program as the engine provider.

  • CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training
    CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training

    PARIS — Italy’s efforts to expand the availability of crew training for its Predator and Reaper unmanned air vehicle fleet took a step forward Tuesday with the Air Force contracting Canadian simulator company CAE to upgrade and enhance a mission training simulator already ordered but not delivered.

  • Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand
    Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand

    This year, a team of the company’s young engineers and managers drawn from five European countries were challenged to come up with concepts and technologies that might be available in the 2035 timeframe to give warfighters a way to assemble missiles in the field from a suite of components designed to meet specific threats.

  • Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s
    Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s

    PARIS — Raytheon Missile Systems is open to developing a powered version of the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDBII) to meet a British requirement for a mini-cruise missile it is looking to purchase for its fleet of F-35 combat jets, according to Taylor Lawrence, president of the company’s missile systems business.

  • Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal
    Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal

    LONDON — A partnership deal to demonstrate the capabilities of a hybrid airship as a maritime surveillance platform has been signed by Selex ES and HybridAir Vehicles, according to an official at the defense electronics arm of Finmeccancia

  • Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal
    Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal

    Raytheon Missiles secured its first production order for the Small Diameter Bomb II in a $30.9 million deal with the US Defense Department, revealed just ahead of the Paris Air Show opening June 15.

  • Some Major Companies Missing at Paris
    Some Major Companies Missing at Paris

    PARIS — The most eagerly awaited aerospace event of 2015 opens in Paris June 15 and although it is expected to be another bumper display, some in the defense sector are less enthusiastic than they have been in the past in supporting the air show at Le Bourget.

  • NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline
    NATO Defense Spending Continues To Decline

    LONDON — Defense spending by NATO countries continues to decline in real terms, according to figures released by the alliance ahead of a meeting of defense ministers starting Wednesday

  • Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat
    Mini Drones Spark Heightened Interest in Countering Threat

    Editor’s Note: A quotation by Lori Erlich has been clarified in this article.

  • Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178
    Antonov Arrives In Paris With the AN-178

    Undaunted by the undeclared war with Russian-backed separatists for the east of the country, Ukrainian airlifter specialist Antonov arrived in Paris for this week’s air show with a new aircraft, plans for new developments and a restructured company to help restore its market position.

  • Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter
    Engine Maker Inked for Turkish Light Utility Helicopter

    Turkish Aerospace Industries has signed a deal giving the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) a place on the Turkish Light Utility Helicopter (TLUH) program as the engine provider.

  • CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training
    CAE To Expand Italian UAV Fleet Training

    PARIS — Italy’s efforts to expand the availability of crew training for its Predator and Reaper unmanned air vehicle fleet took a step forward Tuesday with the Air Force contracting Canadian simulator company CAE to upgrade and enhance a mission training simulator already ordered but not delivered.

  • Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand
    Concept Visions: Missiles-On-Demand

    This year, a team of the company’s young engineers and managers drawn from five European countries were challenged to come up with concepts and technologies that might be available in the 2035 timeframe to give warfighters a way to assemble missiles in the field from a suite of components designed to meet specific threats.

  • Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s
    Raytheon Considers Powered SDB for UK F-35s

    PARIS — Raytheon Missile Systems is open to developing a powered version of the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDBII) to meet a British requirement for a mini-cruise missile it is looking to purchase for its fleet of F-35 combat jets, according to Taylor Lawrence, president of the company’s missile systems business.

  • Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal
    Selex Signs Hybrid Airship Deal

    LONDON — A partnership deal to demonstrate the capabilities of a hybrid airship as a maritime surveillance platform has been signed by Selex ES and HybridAir Vehicles, according to an official at the defense electronics arm of Finmeccancia

  • Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal
    Raytheon Secures $31M DoD Bomb Deal

    Raytheon Missiles secured its first production order for the Small Diameter Bomb II in a $30.9 million deal with the US Defense Department, revealed just ahead of the Paris Air Show opening June 15.

  • Some Major Companies Missing at Paris
    Some Major Companies Missing at Paris

    PARIS — The most eagerly awaited aerospace event of 2015 opens in Paris June 15 and although it is expected to be another bumper display, some in the defense sector are less enthusiastic than they have been in the past in supporting the air show at Le Bourget.