London City Airport is to replace its existing 30 year-old control tower with an advanced digital system that will be controlled remotely from a new base. The airport will become the first in the UK to operate a digital air traffic control tower.   Slated to become operational in 2019, the technology will use advanced…

A machining process developed in Germany could give architects and industrial designers the ability to create shapes in sheet glass that were previously difficult and costly to produce. Prototype sheet glass with very small radii, produced using the new laser-based glass forming technology (Photo: Fraunhofer IWM) The technique, developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics…

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning people to remain vigilant in the wake of Friday’s ransomware attack, which affected thousands of computers around the world. Although there are fears that a new strain of the WannaCry virus could be used to deliver another coordinated attack, the bigger threat is likely to come from machines…

If we’re going to unlock the full potential of 3D printing we’ll need to fundamentally rethink the design process, writes Sarat Babu, founder of Betatype. We’ve come a long way to unlocking the value of additive manufacturing (AM) and established AM sectors like aerospace and medical have played a key role in achieving this by…

BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.4bn contract by the UK’s Ministry of Defence to deliver the next Astute class submarine to the Royal Navy. Agamemnon will be the sixth of seven nuclear-powered attack submarines designed and manufactured at BAE’s site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Will Blamey, managing director of BAE Systems Submarines, said: “Securing the…

In the new white paper, “UV Broad-Spectrum & LED-Curable, 100% Solids, Very Low Viscosity Conformal Coating”, Dr. Aysegul Kascatan Nebioglu discusses a revolutionary new technology that has been developed as an alternative to thin, solvent-based conformal coatings. Typically, to achieve a very thin conformal coating, formulations are reduced using solvents. Because of the environmental concerns…

The British Ministry of Defence is close to a decision on whether the country buys a new military communications satellite from incumbent supplier Airbus Defence and Space or opens the requirement up to competition, according to executives familiar with the program. MoD officials at Joint Forces Command responsible for Britain’s military satellite communications capability have…

The British Ministry of Defence’s much anticipated Skynet 6 satellite program has found itself in need of additional skills and manpower to map out requirements and manage an overall program that could be worth up to £6 billion, or  $7.5 billion. One downside of a 20-year private finance initiative deal with Airbus for the Skynet 5 is…

Not having humans at the wheel provides degrees of freedom that traditional motorsport simply cannot allow. It’s a concept taken to the extreme by Roborace, a new motorsport series where humans not only aren’t on board, but aren’t even in direct control. Set to make its debut in the coming months on the Formula E…

Ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, McLaren Racing has revealed how it is expanding the use of 3D printing as the team bids for glory on the track. The Surrey-based team, which counts 12 drivers’ championships and eight constructors’ championships among its list of F1 honours, is using 3D printing technologies from Stratasys to accelerate…