The government of the Czech Republic has awarded Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug approximately $1 billion to supply the Czech army with 199 Pandur II armoured personnel carriers.

An icon of the golden age of British sports cars has thrown off its ‘bumbling’ image to become a pioneer of zero emissions technology. Jon Excell reports.

The government is seeking views on a proposal to explore high temperature gas reactors – HTGRs - as the most promising model for an advanced modular reactor demonstration programme.

Industry giants are to collaborate on the development of hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft, an advance that could help cut emissions, aircraft noise and save fuel.

Researchers at the University of Canterbury are to fine-tune a computer model of cerebral bloodflow that could become a tool in predicting, treating and preventing strokes.

Oxfordshire rocket developer Reaction Engines (REL) has been awarded €1m to develop a propulsion system for SKYLON, a proposed reusable spaceplane.

Harvard University researchers have developed an unusual new actuator that they claim could enable robots to operate in an untethered mode.

A membrane that filters carbon dioxide from flue emissions in a similar way to how lungs rid the body of the waste gas has been developed in Norway

Enel and Sharp have formed a partnership to build a photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in Italy using Sharp’s triple-junction thin-film technology.

Qinetiq and ATEC have completed a 12-month, £5.25m Carson blades project to increase the capability of the Royal Navy Sea King HC Mk 4 helicopter.