The future site of the UK's biggest electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility has been confirmed. Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata says it will invest £4bn in a brownfield site near Bridgwater in Somerset. The government previously announced the...
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Boom Supersonic Virtual UK Supplier Showcase
22 Feb
Boom Supersonic Virtual UK Supplier Showcase 15th April 2024 - Overview Key Information Online B2B sessions with Boom & Suppliers Arranged between UK Government’s Dept for Business & Trade (DBT), ADS and Boom. Interested UK suppliers to describe their...
MSA Foams exhibiting at Southern Manufacturing
6 Feb
MSA Foams Ltd, based in Wimborne, Dorset exhibit on stand J180 at Southern Manufacturing at Farnborough from 6-8th February. As specialists in protective packaging solutions, MSA design and manufacture precision engineered foam inserts that are ideal for sensitive,...
Airbus Highlights 2023 – Commercial Aircraft
6 Feb
2023 was a year of progress to connect today and tomorrow. Airbus served their customers with their product line of commercial aircraft and took major steps towards their decarbonisation journey. Check out some of the highlights of 2023, another year defined by the...
Exciting Progress in Beagle’s Sustainable Journey
6 Feb
Beagle Aircraft are thrilled to announce that they have successfully reduced their carbon footprint by over 40% since 2021! They are proud to be at the forefront of these efforts within our industry and believe they are not only having a positive impact but also ahead...
Bowers Group Celebrate Success at SteelFab 2024
6 Feb
WEAF Member, Bowers Group is celebrating yet another successful exhibition on the international stage as the team reap the rewards of a busy SteelFab 2024. A prominent event in the global metal manufacturing and steel fabrication industry in the Middle East, Bowers...
CGTech to showcase VERICUT 9.4 at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics
6 Feb
WEAF Member CG Tech's VERICUT is the world‘s leading CNC simulation software with over 7,000 companies in 60 countries simulating their machining and correcting errors in their NC programs before starting their real machines. The latest version, VERICUT 9.4, focuses...
GKN Aerospace teams up with Northrop Grumman on rocket test motor
5 Feb
GKN Aerospace has been selected by Northrop Grumman to help develop components for a revolutionary solid rocket motor demonstrator. The first Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) successfully tested a new motor that was developed in less than...
Babcock awarded Royal Navy equipment configuration contract
5 Feb
Babcock International has been awarded a configuration management contract for the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary surface ship fleet. The five-year contract, awarded by QinetiQ, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), under the Aurora Engineering...
Lifeboat deployed from drone
5 Feb
TEKEVER, a European firm that develops Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), has confirmed the successful deployment of a lifeboat from its AR5 drone as part of a search and rescue exercise conducted by the Italian Coast Guard, in partnership with the European Maritime...
US Department of Defense Publishes its first National Defence Industrial Strategy
5 Feb
The US Department of Defense has published its inaugural National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), calling for “generational change” to fortify the US defence industrial base, and meet the challenges posed by competitors and aggressors. The strategy aims to answer...
Changes to Statutory Paternity Leave
18 Jan
The Government has published draft Regulations setting out changes to the current rules on statutory paternity leave. The proposed changes, which are expected to take effect from 8 March 2024, include amendments to: the period within which paternity leave must be...