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Aerospace

The As.10 Oxford - produced by Shute's aircraft company Airspeed - saw widespread use during WW2

Late great engineers: Nevil Shute Norway - a very novel design engineer

The chance of space debris hitting an aircraft is very low

Study calculates chances of space debris entering busy airspace

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Europa Clipper on a mission to probe an alien water world

Prime rocket

Scottish space launch gets £20m cash boost

The government supports a third runway at Heathrow and is inviting proposals to be brought forward by the summer

Chancellor backs third runway at Heathrow

Boom goes supersonic with XB-1 jet

Ground effects influence propeller performance and noise, particularly during take-off and landing

Drone noise reduced by porous vegetative surfaces

Defence spending accounts for most space budgets

Defence spending driving government space budgets

During the first flight at Spaceport America in New Mexico, US the solar powered aircraft flew for 24 hours climbing to more than 66,000 feet and cruising in the stratosphere

BAE's PHASA-35 Solar aircraft completes stratospheric trials

Modern gas turbine design is beginning to incorporate next-generation ceramic matrix composite materials to meet escalating performance requirements.

Promoted content: Expanding the outer reaches  of material performance

Nokia and Motorola team up on turnkey drone solution

The award is presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (pictured) and the MacRobert Trust

Entries open for MacRobert Award 2025