The Aerospace Technology Institute has launched a competition to find new aerospace design ideas. The government is investing £3.9billion into the UK Aerospace Research and Technology (UKART) programme, including a new competition seeking aerospace design innovations. Entrants can win a share of £150million and can apply for funding if their projects ...
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States Space Command has been officially established, becoming the nation’s 11th geographic combatant command. Space is set to become the next hotly contested battle sphere amid concerns over the vulnerability of satellites to hostile actions from the likes of Russia and China. At ...
Travis air base in California has produced the first certified 3D printed aircraft parts with the 60th Maintenance Squadron. The Air Force used the industrial-sized Stratasys F900 printer to produced the certified 3D printed aircraft parts with the 60th Maintenance Squadron. The Travis Air Base in California used the Stratasys to ...
Raytheon has received security certification for new GPS modules and receivers from the Global Positioning Systems Directorate at the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The new Raytheon modules and receivers will give military aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and weapon systems secure and reliable access to modernised GPS. Eric Ditmars, ...