The US Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada $27.2m to manufacture 60 RG-31 Mk5 Mine Protected Vehicles.
SunPower, a US manufacturer of solar systems, is working with Xcel Energy to build a 17MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Colorado's Alamosa County.
Siemens PLM Software and Warwick Manufacturing Group have announced that users of Warwick Digital Laboratory will soon have access to more than £22m of Siemens PLM Software technology.
Canadian swimwear catalogue Solestrom has unveiled a bikini equipped with a UV meter and an alarm that warns the wearer when she is exposed to overly strong sunlight.
Raytheon has unveiled its Universal Control System, a ‘cockpit’ that gives operators of unmanned aerial systems better feedback and the ability to fly several aircraft at once
Rolls-Royce has opened a new factory in Shanghai, China, to form a new production hub for the world’s largest commercial shipbuilding market.
BAE Systems has received a contract worth an initial $2.6m from the US Army to supply Tensylon composite armour panels for Heavy Equipment Transporter vehicles.
Blue Origin successfully flew its New Shepherd space vehicle to over 100km this week, landing the rocket vertically back at its West Texas launch site.
Engineers at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester are building what is hoped to be the world’s fastest 3D printer for manufacturing high-performance plastic components.
UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund (TMF) has pledged £70million for telecoms R&D, with the UK also signing up to new global telecoms coalition.
