General Dynamics has been awarded $169 million to design and deliver 25, 12-metre antennas for the North American portion of the Atacama Large Millimetre Array project, an international astronomy...
The MoD is funding a three-year research project to develop new sensor systems for use in close combat. The £7.5m Sensor Systems for Close Combat (SS4CC) programme is being led by Qinetiq.
It seems like we’ve been talking about ‘smart grids’ — electricity distribution systems with the flexibility to balance inputs from intermittent renewables with base-load electricity from conventional...
Parvus Corporation will soon release the OnPower 60-I, a 60-watt, triple-output galvanically isolated PC/104 Bus DC/DC power supply designed to meet the requirements of aircraft, ship and industrial...
Prof Stuart Parkin is used to being honoured by his peers but in May 2014 he found himself in receipt of one of the world’s most prestigious accolades for achievements in science.
Long-wave infrared cameras have the disadvantage that the sensor used in them requires constant cooling, which adds to the cost and complexity of the device. Now a new type of detector has been...
Editor According to a report out today UK engineers are feeling more upbeat and confident about both their own and industry’s prospects than they have for ages. Are you one of them?
British Sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie has unveiled the high-tech racing catamaran with which he and his Land Rover BAR team hope to win the sport’s oldest and most prestigious trophy.
Earlier forecasts of floods could soon be made possible with the introduction of improved mesoscale modelling and radar technologies in the UK, according to Prof Ian Cluckie of Swansea University.
ViewpointThe UK’s defence aerospace sector needs strategic thinking if it’s to maintain the spread of skills across the whole design, development and production process, says Keith Hayward of the...
