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OpenWorks Managing Director, Chris Down (left) with Marketing
Director James Cross (centre) and Adderstone Group CEO, Ian Baggett (right).
North East based property and investment business, Adderstone Group, has invested a seven-figure sum into OpenWorks Engineering, an award-winning, hi-tech product company which is developing world-leading security and counter-terrorism products. Continue reading
After inviting Expressions of Interest for a possible buyout, Piaggio Aerospace is ready to participate in the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE 2019), to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21st-23rd. Continue reading
Liteye Systems, Inc, identified by US DoD NORTHCOM as a Subject Matter Expert in Countering UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) threats, was recently invited to attend a collaboration session between Government and Industry to better define emerging threats across North America. Continue reading
Since their initial conception in the early 20th century, Flexible Printed Circuits, (FPCs) have found their way into a wide variety of industrial and consumer electronic products. Until recently, applications have been limited by FPCs’ relatively short length, with very few companies capable of making them longer than a couple of metres. Continue reading
Nineteen Belgium-based companies will present their ideas and cutting-edge capabilities to a panel of technical experts from GA-ASI with the goal of selection to support the development of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for Belgium. Continue reading
XTI Aircraft flew a 65% scale prototype of its TriFan 600 on 8 May, marking a major milestone in the development of the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) business aircraft. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman received a one-year, $163.6M contract to provide a range of support services for the U.S. Army’s fleet of MQ5B Hunters. Continue reading
A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that allows long-endurance drones to powerlessly climb into the sky on bubbles of warm air. In a U.S. patent application published on May 2, Aaron Kahn, an engineer working on the Autonomous Locator of Thermals (ALOFT) project at the Naval Research Laboratory, reported that he has extensively tested the new software that detects and estimates the position of thermals, i.e., rising columns of warm air that birds use to stay aloft without flapping their wings. Continue reading