A University of Cincinnati research partnership is reporting advances on how to make solar cells stronger, lighter, more flexible and less expensive compared with silicon or germanium technology. 

US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a $12.5m contract to Raytheon for technical engineering, repair and maintenance services for the MK48 ADCAP heavyweight torpedo.

A joint venture comprising Multiplex and Degremont has been awarded the contract to design and construct a desalination plant in Perth.

UTC Fire & Security has signed an agreement to acquire Finland-based Marioff Corporation, a global provider of water mist fire suppression systems, for €250m

Network Rail has placed an order worth £35m for a train designed to assist the Great Western main-line electrification project.

ABB has signed contracts worth $55m to supply one of Brazil’s largest paper manufacturers with electrical and automation systems for a new paperboard line.

Siemens Energy has been awarded approximately €95m by Tatweer to deliver four turnkey high-voltage substations for the planned ‘Dubailand’ theme park in the United Arab Emirates.

Energetix Genlec has signed a collaboration agreement with a heating technology supplier to jointly integrate its micro-CHP unit into a wall-mounted boiler

The first major radio telescope to be built in Britain for decades officially opened this week at the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire.