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A new aerospace sector deal has been unveiled by Business Secretary Greg Hands which gives more detail on a government announcement at Farnborough Airshow in July. Here are the key takeaways: Investment In Future Technologies Recognising the need to keep the UK at the forefront of the global aerospace industry, innovation has secured a boost through a “Future Flight Challeng...

Airbus and Lockheed Martin have their eyes firmly on the US aerial refuelling market after signing an agreement to work together in this area. The Memorandum of Agreement will see the two aerospace giants attempt to exploit the growing demand for air-to-air refuelling from US defence customers. KDC Group knows a little something about this market after working on the KC-46 A...

SSTL has distributed the first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images taken by its NovaSAR-1 satellite from orbit. SAR is capable of seeing through clouds as well as monitoring the Earth at both day and night, making it a powerful tool for satellite imaging. These images from NovaSAR-1 have proven that the technology works as advertised with separate photos showing both the S...