Aerospace & Defence

Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Centre of Excellence at Cleator Moor, Cumbria, hosted a national COMIT2drones (C2D), event earlier this month when representatives from a range of industries and SMEs shared ideas on opportunities to deploy the latest drone technology.

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are working in collaboration with Telespazio UK to develop an assessment framework to provide quality assurance for the Earth Observation data products generated from commercial satellite missions, as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) Earthnet Data Assessment Project (EDAP+).

A partnership between Jamco America, a commercial aircraft interior and services provider, and Object Theory, an early pioneer in mixed reality, has created a new training tool for efficient maintenance service to support customer needs.

The project CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland) is working to deliver the first national drone network that can transport medicines, bloods, and other supplies throughout Scotland.

A 72ft life-size replica of the first rocket that will launch from UK soil later this year went on display outside the Science Museum in London this weekend (15 and 16th October). 

Orolia receives certification from Cospas-Sarsat and the European Union Safety Agency for its distress tracking emergency locator transmitter, the ELT-DT. The approval verifies Orolia’s continuous advancements in global beacon technology, including securing a single source, multi-year programme contract to supply ELT-DTs for all Airbus aircraft programs.

A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the Venusian skies successfully completed two Nevada test flights, marking a milestone for the project.

A landmark moment in both the history of motorsport and the genesis of the flying car mobility revolution has been made in the salt flats of South Australia.

Project Nixus, sponsored by Perle Systems, has completed the tests to verify the IOLAN Device Server and IDS Industrial PoE Switch can be integrated into the ground infrastructure of their liquid-fueled sounding rocket.

The countdown to Cornwall has begun as Virgin Orbit readies for Start Me Up, the newly-titled forthcoming historic launch from the United Kingdom.