Aerospace company BAE Systems has successfully completed an "unmanned" flight with a Jetstream 31 – dubbed the “flying test bed” – from Warton near Preston in Lancashire, England, to Inverness in Scotland.

UK defence giant BAE Systems will end days of speculation today by announcing around 3,000 job cuts.

Defence giant BAE Systems today said profits had been torpedoed by the loss of a key US contract and hefty fines to settle bribery allegations.

Shares in BAE Systems were on the slide today amid fears that Saudi Arabia could pull out of a deal to buy 72 Eurofighter jets.

UK defence and aerospace giant BAE Systems has announced it is to cut 1,000 jobs in the UK.