MIT Wins Mars City Design Architecture Prize 2017
The Mars City Design Architecture prize aims to take seriously the question of how people live on Mars. This year the international competition was won by "Redwood Forest" - a...
Could British Engineering win the America’s Cup for the first time in 166 years?
Sir Ben Ainslie has launched the British Landrover BAR (aka Rita)- a yacht that combines the very best of British automotive and aerospace engineering skills - and he hopes it...
Solar Impulse 2 set to break more records
Having now completed repairs in maintenance in Hawaii Solar Impulse 2 has now flown back to California. The electric plane has now completed three-quarters of its trip around the world...
Japanese satellite, thought to be lost, makes contact
A Japanese satellite that was thought to have failed shortly after launch has shown unexpected signs of activity, sending beacon signals back to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The Hitomi...
New drone data transmission system could help disaster relief efforts
A team at Oxford University are developing a tracking system called Hyperion, which could impact upon disaster relief missions by allowing drones to transmit high quality images back to a...
Treasury allocates £37m of funding for Airbus site
Chancellor George Osborne today announced that £37m will be invested in the Wing Integration Centre at the Airbus site in Filton, Bristol - with the investment safeguarding hundreds of engineering...