Aerospace and Defence
Magnus Aircraft: Flying Higher
Hungarian aircraft producer Magnus Aircraft was set up to create an innovative new generation of aircraft that meets today’s expectations and has multifunctional features. Read more
Thales and Gemalto to create world leader in digital security
Thales and Gemalto have reached an agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) on a recommended all-cash offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Gemalto, for a price of €51 per share cum dividend. Read more
Cyprus to monitor Turkish drillships with Israeli drones
The Cypriot Ministry of Defence has purchased four Israeli drones for €12-million in order to monitor the activities of Turkish drillships operating in the island's waters in the first military acquisition of its kind for Cyprus. The move comes... Read more
Neste & Lufthansa aim for more sustainable aviation
Helsinki-based renewable fuel producer Neste and Germany's flag carrier airline Lufthansa have announced they are to strengthen their collaboration for the development of renewable aviation fuel. As part of the collaboration, Lufthansa will use... Read more
Proposed 'space bridge' promises 4 hour London to Sydney flights
Flight times from London to Sydney could be slashed by 80% to just four hours if a hypersonic engine, currently under development in the UK, gets off the ground. The SABRE (Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine) which has a top speed of 6,667... Read more
Meeting Manufacturing Challenges with ESPRIT CAM for over 20 years
The Minerva group, created in 1996, designs and manufactures complex parts for the energy, transport and defence industries. The group has developed several integrated subsidiaries, each focused on a specific area of technical expertise... Read more
OneWeb Satellites Plans Ground-Breaking Mass Production
With a mission is to revolutionise the economies of space; mass-producing a satellite constellation that will provide high-speed internet access worldwide, OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, have used Lanner’s digital... Read more
Astrobotic to deliver Spacebit payload to the Moon
At this week's UK Space Conference, UK space company Spacebit signed a joint agreement with Pennsylvania-based space robotics firm Astrobotic to begin commercial and scientific lunar exploration with the first mission in 2021 on the... Read more
European defence consortium submits project proposal to Commission
A consortium comprising of several major defence, communication and cybersecurity companies and high technology SMEs has submitted an application to the European Commission’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) for the... Read more
EU aviation stakeholders call for full implementation of Single European Sky
A group of 21 EU aviation and workers associations has signed a joint declaration committing to a set of concrete actions to fully implement the vision of a Single European Sky... Read more
Haydale Awarded Funding to Develop Spacecraft Propulsion Tanks
Haydale, the global advanced materials group, has been awarded a technology de-risking project by the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop non-metallic gas tanks for spacecraft propulsion systems. This activity is alongside ISP International... Read more
Serbia tries again to sell state-owned air maintenance company
Serbia's Ministry of Economy has relaunched a call to sell off its 99.4% share of JAT Technika, the state-owned air maintenance company. The price stands at €10.24-million, which is 50% of the company's assessed market value, according to a report... Read more
Stratasys & BAE collaborate on additive manufacturing solutions
Stratasys and BAE Systems have announced that they will further strengthen their relationship around emerging additive manufacturing solutions within its Land, Maritime and Air Sectors... Read more
Volocopter air taxi makes successful test flight
Germany's air taxi, Volocopter, has flown a successful test flight at Helsinki International Airport being simultaneously integrated with traditional Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems as well as Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM)... Read more
ESA & GomSpace sign satellite constellation management contract
GomSpace’s subsidiary in Luxembourg and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a €1,425,000 development contract for GomSpace Luxembourg SARL’s continued development of the Mega-Constellation Operations Platform (MCOP) product... Read more
Impressive names across engineering announced as guest speakers
The UK’s largest annual engineering show, Advanced Engineering has announced some of the guest speakers that will be presenting at the show on October 30 and 31, 2019 at the NEC in Birmingham. As part of the extensive open forum programme, speakers i Read more
Leki Aviation & Factem sign global distribution agreement
Leki Aviation has signed a global distributorship with Factem, a company specialising in the design and manufacture of aviation headsets and communication equipment. The new partnership covers the global market for their civil aircraft headsets... Read more
Saab to provide Belgium with Combat Training Centre
Saab has signed a supply contract with the Belgian MoD for the deliveries of training systems to the Belgian Army. The order value is approximately SEK160-million (€149-million) and deliveries will take place in 2021... Read more
Electrifying aviation
The electrification of transport industries is not a new development. In fact, automotive manufacturers have spent the last decade investing in the development of electric powertrains. Aerospace companies, however, have not been so quick to follow... Read more
US Marine Corps select INVISIO hearing enhancement solutions
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has selected INVISIO to provide a suite of hearing enhancement solutions over the coming years that will protect Marines’ hearing while increasing their situational awareness in a variety of training and... Read more
Rolls-Royce chooses IFS for new aircraft engine data insights
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Rolls-Royce has chosen IFS Maintenix for exchanging engine data with airlines operating Rolls-Royce Trent engines, including the Trent 1000, Trent XWB and Trent 7000... Read more
UK has its "Best year ever" for arms sales in 2018
The UK has reported that 2018 was the country's "best year ever" in terms of defence orders and arms exports... Read more
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International Space Station
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Aerostar Tactical unmanned aerial vehicles
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Lufthansa & Neste
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Hypersonic Space plane
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Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander
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OneWeb Satellies
