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Aerospace

£1bn helicopter deal safeguards over 3,000 jobs

New legs give Robonaut 2 freedom to roam space station

US achieves first submarine launch of unmanned aircraft

Osborne pledges further funding for skills and education

Lift-off for Gaia's billion-star mission

The week ahead: defusing a volatile situation

Swarm starts mission to monitor Earth’s magnetic field

MAVEN: NASA's Martian atmosphere quest

Coating makes EM waves see curved surfaces as flat

Our impossible outpost and the art of the possible

Move over, rover

The 'Ferrari of space' succumbs to gravity