London — A unit of Airbus has pleaded guilty to corruption as part of the UK prosecutor’s probe into work it carried out for the Saudi Arabian National Guard.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) last year charged GPT Special Project Management with corruption between January 2007 and December 2012. The unit pleaded guilty at a hearing on Wednesday at Southwark Crown Court. Sentencing, which is likely to be a fine, is expected later...

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