Edmund Optics has recently released a free iPhone/iTouch app to help its customers select the appropriate lens for their vision-integration projects.
BAE Systems is to remanufacture more than 300 US Army Bradley vehicles with additional armour following the execution of a contract option worth $742m.
The government is funding a consortium to help develop air-conditioning systems which are more energy efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly for planes, trains and buildings.
Goodrich Corporation has signed a research agreement with Rolls-Royce to develop the next generation of fuel nozzles for 'lean burn' combustion technology systems in aircraft.
Intelligent Energy and the Suzuki Motor Corporation have created SMILE FC System Corporation to develop and manufacture air-cooled fuel-cell systems.
Frazer-Nash has been awarded a further contract to support the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in its upgrade programme for the Puma helicopter.
Cornell scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the US government to create fabrics made of nanofibres that would render toxic industrial chemicals harmless.
PTC has acquired Cambridge, UK-based NC Graphics in response to what it said was its customers' demands for specialised CAM software.
A dedicated Manufacturing Minister would be a huge asset to the sector, says Paul Dearman, head of business development at GTK.
The Triumph TE-1 electric motorcycle project has been completed, with release of the final prototype test results shown to exceed project objectives.
