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Aerospace

The UK’s SAF mandate requires at least 10 per cent of all jet fuel used in UK flights to come from sustainable feedstocks by 2030

Work starts on Europe’s largest SAF facility

Blue Ghost makes successful soft landing on the Moon

Ninth annual Collaborate to Innovate awards winners announced

Asteroid mining startup Karman+ raises $20m

Aircraft flying over the North Atlantic are creating more longer-lived contrails

Contrail avoidance implemented by Thales and Amelia

Oberon satellites will give the UK a sovereign capability

Airbus awarded Oberon satellite contract

Surplus MoD assets contain strategic metals, including high quality steel, aluminium, and titanium

RAF Tornado parts find new life on Tempest

The chance of space debris hitting an aircraft is very low

Study calculates chances of space debris entering busy airspace

Aerospace Opinion

Liquid helium is indispensable for advanced space technologies

Comment: How helium is powering a new era of space exploration

The HY4 aircraft in flight using liquid hydrogen, Sept 2023

Comment: How hydrogen fuel cells can pave the way for sustainable aviation

Comment: Addressing the hydrogen aviation skills and technology gap

Aerospace In-Depth

C2I 2024 STEM initiative winner: Weston College

C2I 2024: Aerospace & Defence runners up

The As.10 Oxford - produced by Shute's aircraft company Airspeed - saw widespread use during WW2

Late great engineers: Nevil Shute Norway - a very novel design engineer