Aerospace & Defence

Archer Aviation Inc. has received a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 of the company’s initial production eVTOL aircraft.

Drone technology developed from the mid-1800s and took the form of balloons, torpedoes, and aerial targets. Through the following 150 years, even as the inventions became increasingly innovative and robust, drones continued to be deployed almost entirely for military purposes.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has urged for the issue of space debris to be addressed before space manufacturing ramps up, calling for new regulations in space.

Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by drones.

AMD has announced a strategic collaboration with ECARX, a global mobility tech company.

Skyrora has submitted its application to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to obtain the licence required for commercial spaceflight activities.

Leaders from the UK Space industry gathered at the Westcott Space Cluster Expo last week to celebrate the exciting innovations within the Westcott Space Cluster.

Ventec International Group has added to its flex-rigid No Flow / Low Flow prepreg range with the introduction of tec-speed 4.0 (VT-462(L) PP NF/LF), a next-generation no & low flow FR 4.0 prepreg material that offers high-Tg, low Dk, low loss, and excellent thermal reliability.

As below, so above …? With the rising demand for an all-electric car economy by 2030, aviation is following suit with the VX4 all-electric demonstrator aircraft – the first commercial aircraft with a zero-carbon footprint.

Mercury Systems has announced it was awarded an $8m contract from a leading aerospace and defence company to design and develop video switching technology for an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) application for rotary-wing aircraft.