The UK government today set out details of a support package following the failure of MG Rover and the Shanghai Automotive to form a joint venture.

The government has announced that it will purchase a third batch of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft - a project that is expected to sustain around 16,000 jobs in the UK.

A novel ‘metalens’ technology with the potential to disrupt the ultraviolet optics market has been developed by Rice University photonics researchers.

Alliant Techsystems is performing work under an initial $10m contract to prepare for high-volume manufacturing of composite rotor tubes for USEC’s American Centrifuge program.

Scottish and Southern Energy has obtained consent from the Dutch government to build the West-Rijn offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

The Dow Chemical Company and the Bayer Group today announced that they have reached agreement for Dow to acquire Bayer’s Wolff Walsrode business group.

Australian scientists are developing a medical scanning technique borrowed from geological analysis to map metals and trace elements in the body.

Trackside solar panels could save the UK rail network upto £150m over a five-year period, according to a study carried out by engineering consultancy WSP.

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $3.2 billion multi-year contract by Boeing to continue its production work on the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft.