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Aircraft landing and take off in harsh conditions

Advanced Navigation acquires Vai Photonics

Air Commodore Frank Whittle seated at his desk at during World War II. The two models on his desk are the first British prototype jet aircraft to fly and the Meteor, the first jet to enter service with the RAF.

Late, great engineers: Frank Whittle: Founder of the jet age

Rocket Lab completes mid-air capture in 26th Electron mission

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist helps develop a sustainable fuel component as part of research into bio-based jet fuels

Lignin-based jet fuel could oust aromatics

Panel session: Driving innovation through industry academia collaboration

German hydrogen plane HY4 claims altitude record

Bio-friendly ice-resistant coatings look to take off

Developing infrastructure for the eVTOL revolution

Artist’s impression of the SKA-Low telescope in Australia. The 131,072 dipole antennas will survey the radio sky in frequencies as low as 50Mhz. In the background are dishes of the ASKAP radio telescope, an SKA precursor (credit: SKAO)

UK to build SKAO telescope software

L-R: Sir Richard Branson, Melissa Thorpe, Head of Spaceport Cornwall, Michael Curtis Rouse, Head of Access to Space, The Satellite Applications Catapult and Dan Hart, CEO Virgin Orbit

Spaceport Cornwall set for new launch plans

MTC joins Space Energy Initiative for in-orbit solar

Imperial simulator gives lift to future Mars helicopters