Aerospace

The MRJ aircraft at Nagoya Airfield. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Iran intends to purchase 20 Mitsubishi aircraft

A computer rendering of the MX-1 probe on the way to the Moon. Image courtesy of Moon Express.

Moon Express given permission to fly beyond Earth

Hyperloop One has opened a state of the art manufacturing facility in Las Vegas - image courtesy of Hyperloop One

Hyperloop One opens first manufacturing plant to help shape the future of transportation

Dedrone will work with Airbus to track and jam small drones. Image courtesy of Dedrone.

Robotics & Automation

Airbus teams up to develop anti-drone tech

Drones

The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed its round-the-world trip this week. Image courtesy of Wikipedia/Milko Vuille.

Solar Impulse completes round-the-world journey

A tool manufacturing floor manager analyses smart factory equipment using the Internet of Things (IoT) - image courtesy of Cisco.

Is creating a Smart Factory part of your business strategy?

The new Shape Memory Allow from QinetiQ could help to prevent aircraft damage and accidents caused by both bird and lightning strikes - image courtesy of QinetiQ.

UK defence firm QinetiQ unveils new material to protect aircraft from impacts

The Rize One 3D printer aims to address the problem associated with previous 3D printing technology, post-processing - image courtesy of Rize.

Rize develops the first zero post-processing 3D printer – Rize One

An Amazon Prime Air drone. Image courtesy of Amazon

Robotics & Automation

Amazon to begin UK testing of delivery drones

Facebook's Aquila drone flew for the first time last month. Image courtesy of Facebook.

Innovation

Facebook’s Aquila solar drone takes flight

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started 3D printing truck spare parts using the latest 3D SLS printing processes - image courtesy of Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz to begin 3D printing truck spare parts