Airbus sells electronics arm for €1.1bn
Posted on 21 Mar 2016 by Callum Bentley
Airbus Group has reached agreement with global investment firm, KKR, to sell its defence electronics business (Defence Electronics). Defence
Safran Group doubles down on aerospace
Posted on 15 Mar 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
French diversified aerospace, defence and security company Safran Group has revealed new moves which will re-orientate the company back towards aerospace manufacturing.
Tim Cook’s letter to Apple customers regarding encryption
Posted on 18 Feb 2016 by Tim Brown
On December 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, which consisted of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing. The BAE Systems Terrier tank is the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of combat vehicles
Posted on 16 Feb 2016 by Aiden Burgess
The British Army has unveiled its reworked BAE Systems’ Terrier tank – a combat vehicle described as the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of combat vehicles due to its multitude of tools and functions. iRobot sells off military robot division
Posted on 15 Feb 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
Popular household robot manufacturer iRobot has this month announced that it plans to sell off the military side of its business.
BAE scores £201m to further ‘successor’ submarine design
Posted on 10 Feb 2016 by Jonny Williamson
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded BAE Systems £201m to further the design of a successor to the Royal Navy's Vanguard class submarines. SOLIDWORKS World 2016: Taking it all in
Posted on 4 Feb 2016 by Tim Brown
SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2016 (SWW16) - Day 1:
The call for General Session doors to open at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center in Dallas came just after 8:00am. Seconds later, spurred on by the thunderous sounds of AC/DC, the world’s best engineers quite literally sprinted (see circa the 28 second mark in the top video) through Hall D to claim their seats at one of the biggest shows in design technology. New polymer coating changes color for early warning of damage
Posted on 25 Jan 2016 by Aiden Burgess
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer coating which can provide an early warning of structural damage and can be applied to coat metals, other polymers and glass. Orbital ATK and SpaceX awarded millions to replace Russian engines
Posted on 15 Jan 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved millions of dollars of funding for private spaceflight companies to develop new US-manufactured rocket engines.
Aerospace and defence companies tipped to resume growth
Posted on 6 Jan 2016 by The Manufacturer
Travel demand, new technologies, and security threats are fuelling increases in aircraft production, defence budgets, and the global supply chain, according to Deloitte study.