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Defence & security

EU's top corporate investors 'will increase R&D spend'

Confidence, profit, and a 40-year-old rocket

Device measures blast impact to assist wounded soldiers

Weakest rating since 2009 for Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI

Falcon Hypersonic vehicle undergoes final test flight

Micro-robots mimic movements of water-striding insects

PETN nanosensor could improve explosives checks

Justice for SMEs

Cameron announces fund to support higher apprenticeships

Engineers assess force applied during glass-bottle stabbings

Patent protection

Colour-change lenses could help soldiers in urban combat