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In 2005 Rob L Cohen and writer W D Richter imagined a near future in which unmanned combat aerial vehicle, controlled by artificial intelligence could serve alongside human pilots. Obviously with disastrous consequences. A lightning strike fries (and somehow rewires) the AI into conducting its own missions. Because…reasons. Ultimately it paints an incredibly bleak picture of...

The decision to leave a job in favour of a new one isn’t always the easiest. You know the work, you know the people and you can finally get to the office without Google Maps. But sometimes an opportunity falls in your lap that’s just too good to resist. Whether you’re happy in your current role or not, there is enough about the role that makes you want to explore the opportu...

The end of March marks the official retirement of the RAF’s fleet of Panavia Tornado multirole fighters. It’s a bitter sweet moment for the Royal Air Force and the country as the Tornado has protected the UK’s airspace, and carried out air operations around the world for 40 years. The recently upgraded ‘Centurion’ Eurofighter Typhoon will take over the bulk of the Tornado’s ...

It won’t have escaped the notice of many in the cyber security sector that the government isn’t doing all it should to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. In fact, according to the National Audit Office the government has made several critical missteps in its roll out of the National Cyber Security Programme. The NAO commented the government’s strategy was a ‘compl...

In the UK one in four people experience mental health issues every year. That means on your average Airbus A340, roughly 93 passengers will be experiencing some form of mental health issue. And chances are the cabin crew (and the other 282 passengers) will be none the wiser. If those challenges are relatively mild, those passengers may just seem like nervous fliers. Or a lit...

The advent of commercial flight was viewed by the world as something miraculous, romantic, mysterious and exciting. It was something everyone aspired to, despite its astronomical cost. Flight represented the ultimate expression of freedom. In the early days it was also the ultimate expression of luxury and affluence. Being able to take to the skies while the masses had to re...

Wednesday 13th March marked Dorset’s first Big Bang Fair. Organised by Dorset County Council and hosted by The Tank Museum, it was one of two events held in the South West region. Over 2,000 young people from across the area attended to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. The scheme is part of a national initiative to create a new generati...

In 1961 President John F Kennedy delivered a speech that would change the world. He challenged Congress and NASA to put a man on the moon. Within the decade. This was a monumental task but only because thus far the US had barely begun its forays into space but because the technology didn’t exist yet to achieve it. Some felt that it was both a distraction from the Bay of Pigs...

The concept of the flying car is far from new. Whether it’s Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Fifth Element or Back to the Future (part 2) writers and movie makers have been toying with the idea for decades. Although the automotive industry have been toying with the idea even longer than that. Henry Ford in 1940 predicted: Mark my word: a combination airplane and motorcar is comi...

In the early years of aviation, it was a romantic, wonderous thing. It was about brave feats, privilege, mystique and adventure. When the Wright Brothers took to the air, they were doing so in something akin to a powered kite. In 1927 the Spirit of St Louis flew non-stop from Long Island to Paris, making it the first single engine, single seat aircraft to do so. The flight t...