A new programme funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) aims to create a new breed of vehicles that will combine the advantages of ground vehicles with those of helicopters.

Frontline troops need food, fuel and ammunition to keep them alive but resupplying them can be extremely hazardous, which is why engineers are being tasked with finding ‘last mile’ delivery solutions.

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have demonstrated that sound can be used to determine what a 3D-printer is creating, raising potential security issues for manufacturers.

New materials that can withstand extreme temperatures and blasts are to be developed by DMEx, a £42.5m research partnership set up by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

CMR Surgical's Versius robot is poised to bring the benefits of keyhole surgery to the masses. Jon Excell reports

Boeing has announced that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner is expected by the end of 2009 and the first delivery is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Materials handling specialist, Demag Cranes & Components Ltd, has supplied three Steelmaster crane systems to ParkerSteel, as part of the development of a new 14 acre steel processing and distribution...