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The Brimstone air-to-surface missile has completed a live test firing from a Eurofighter Typhoon for the first time. The trial is part of the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) series of Typhoon upgrades which will see significant improvements to both sensor and mission systems. The Brimstone is developed by MBDA. The goal of the test was to check the separation of the Brimstone miss...

A £90m investment in a helicopter simulation centre has been announced by the Ministry of Defence. The centre will train pilots for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. The simulators at the centre will allow pilots to practice tricky manoeuvres, flying under enemy fire as well as experience other adverse conditions such as blizzards, power failures and cyberattacks. Whil...

Bloodhound SSC has completed the next step on its journey to the world land speed record with successful test runs at Newquay Airport. Reaching speeds of more than 200mph, the project seems on course for the planned 1000mph world record attempt in 2019. In front of a passionate crowd of over 3500, the test runs took place on the Newquay Airport runway and saw Bloodhound SSC ...

Virgin Galactic has its eyes on space with the VSS Unity, the latest Virgin SpaceShipTwo model to fly. The company has been making steady progress during the testing phase and Unity has now completed six air-launched test glides after being launched from 50,000 feet by WhiteKnightTwo, Virgin Galactic’s launcher. Earlier in the year Virgin Galactic’s President Mike Moses targ...

Airbus and Bombardier have announced that they will become partners on the Bombardier C Series programme, perhaps the biggest industry shake-up in a generation. Airbus commands over half of the global single-aisle jet market but only around 25% in the US. Although Bombardier’s C Series is smaller than both Airbus and arch rival Boeing’s models it has cutting-edge fuel effici...

Test runs, the next step in the road to the world land speed record for Bloodhound SSC, are to take place at Newquay Airport later this month. Although only aiming to hit 200mph, the test runs will generate valuable performance data for the team as well as allow practice of operating procedures for future world record attempts. In particular, data on jet engine intake will b...

Virgin Group has made an investment in Hyperloop One, the US-based company developing hyperloop technology that aims to allow humans to travel in pods fired down near-vacuum tubes at up to 670mph. The company will be renamed Virgin Hyperloop One and Branson will join the board. Hyperloop One is generally considered to be the furthest along of the companies aiming to commerci...

BAE Systems is to eliminate nearly 2000 jobs, slow down production of Typhoon jets and streamline operations in order to meet the challenges caused by a slowdown of military orders and a focus on cost-cutting. The job cuts are expected to fall mainly on the Warton and Samlesbury plants in Lancashire which have a focus on aircraft assembly and collectively employ around 10,00...

Rolls Royce has signed a partnership with Google to use the search giant’s cloud-based Machine Learning Engine to detect and track objects at sea. Rolls Royce will use machine learning to create proprietary models, trained on marine data gathered by Rolls Royce, that will put in place one of the building blocks of autonomous naval navigation. Rolls Royce has designs on becom...

Over the last year I have focused mainly on finding Aerospace Engineers to become Expatriates in the UAE. But why have I focused my energy on this? To get to the point, I’m going to give you some background on the nation, but I promise to keep it brief! Since the UAE have struck oil in 1950 they have been a rich and thriving nation. Following this a few companies were formed...