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• Kratos’ Mako drone approved for sale to foreign militaries

  15-03-2018 22:08 via flightglobal.com
  Drone manufacturer Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced on 13 March that the US State Department approved sale of its Mako UTAP-22 unmanned aerial drone to undisclosed countries in Europe and Asia Pacific.
  
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• Speech: Salisbury nerve agent attack: UK OSCE Permanent Council statement

  15-03-2018 19:00
  Mr Chairman,It is with great regret that I take the floor today to inform the Permanent Council of deeply concerning events that have taken place in the UK over the past days.On the afternoon of Sunday 4 March, in the beautiful cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, a father and his daughter, Sergey and Julia Skripal, were taken gravely ill whilst walking through the city centre. Both remain critically ill. A British police officer who was among members of the emergency services responding to
  
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• If we allow our children to be unimaginative and dull they will rarely be anything else

  15-03-2018 18:44
  
  Just as today’s lego kits deprive children of the opportunity to use their imaginations, 3D printing is failing to deliver on its promised ability to inspire the next generation, writes our anonymous blogger 
  Recently, for a brief moment, I thought I was going to get one of these pieces quoted back at me. Sadly that little hoped for vanity remains as yet unrealised but I can let you know that it was during a chat with a colleague about creativity.
  Today’s Lego sets are sold as b
  
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• Subcon partners with Automechanika to give visitors access to both shows with one badge

  15-03-2018 18:26
  
  Centaur Media today announced a unique partnership between Subcon, the defining event in the manufacturing supply chain calendar, and Automechanika Birmingham, the UK’s leading exhibition for the automotive aftermarket and vehicle production sector.The partnership will enable all visitors to benefit from attending both events by registering just once for their visitor badge. The two leading events make for a comprehensive day out for all engineers and are set to take place from 5-7 June 2
  
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• News story: Durham Light Infantry and Bedfordshire Regiment Soldiers who fought in world war 1 are laid to rest a century later

  15-03-2018 17:54
  The remains of 2 unknown British soldiers were given a dignified burial service earlier today (Thursday 15 March), over 100 years after their deaths. The service, organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), part of Defence Business Services, was conducted by The Reverend John Swanston CF, Chaplain to the 1st Battalion The Rifles.
  The Reverend John Swanston CF, 1st Battalion, The Rifles, leads the service for the two unknown British soldiers, Crown Copyright, All
  
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• Russia, nerve agents and a quest for the truth | Letters

  15-03-2018 17:41 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to the political fallout from the chemical weapons attack in SalisburyIt is not Jeremy Corbyn but your editorial that is dispiriting (15 March). Last month, the PM and defence secretary called on Corbyn to release his nonexistent Stasi file. With your recent campaign against fake news, surely a hint of scepticism when it comes to security matters is perfectly in order. There is a prescribed and, by multilateral organisations’ standard, speedy verification process for chemic
  
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• Fusing old with new: Autodesk is modernising traditional processes

  15-03-2018 17:06
  
  Since acquiring Delcam in 2014, the American software company Autodesk has invested heavily in the machine shop and is now bridging the gap between additive and subtractive
  Small Heath has seen some changes over the decades. Its location on the main road linking Coventry and Birmingham made it a key site for industry; and until the early 1970s it was the home of BSA, churning out at various times rifles, handguns, bicycles, motorbikes, cars and taxis. Television viewers will know it as the home
  
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• Press release: Defence Secretary announces innovative threat detection system for the Army's newest armoured vehicle

  15-03-2018 16:17
  The Defence Secretary has today announced a £3.7 million deal to equip the Army’s next generation armoured vehicle with the latest in automated threat warning systems.Thales UK has signed a contract with General Dynamics Land Systems–UK for the installation of its Acusonic sensor, a vehicle-mounted acoustic shot detection system, on the £4.5 billion Ajax family of armoured fighting vehicles.The Ajax Shot Detection System will be manufactured at Thales in Templecombe in So
  
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• Pulsed power machine aims to trigger fusion reaction for Oxford spin-out

  15-03-2018 15:37
  
  A UK company is hoping to take a step towards generating low-cost, sustainable energy from fusion, with the installation of a pulsed power machine designed to trigger the reaction.Fusion, the process that powers the Sun, involves fusing two lighter atomic nuclei to form a single heavier one, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. It is seen as a potentially limitless source of cheap, carbon-free energy, since its main fuel is a heavy isotope of hydrogen called deuterium, contained in s
  
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• News story: Defence Secretary boosts Britain's chemical defence capability as threat intensifies

  15-03-2018 15:00
  Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced measures to maintain the UK’s world-leading chemical analysis and defence capability, as he warned of the intensifying threats the country faces in his first keynote speech in the role.Whilst outlining his vision for the ongoing Modernising Defence Programme on a Policy Exchange platform at Rolls-Royce’s Bristol factory, the Defence Secretary claimed that the ‘reckless attack in Salisbury’ should leave the country in no dou
  
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• News story: Defence Secretary boosts Britain's chemical capability as threat intensifies

  15-03-2018 15:00
  Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced measures to maintain the UK’s world-leading chemical analysis and defence capability, as he warned of the intensifying threats the country faces in his first keynote speech in the role.Whilst outlining his vision for the ongoing Modernising Defence Programme on a Policy Exchange platform at Rolls-Royce’s Bristol factory, the Defence Secretary claimed that the ‘reckless attack in Salisbury’ should leave the country in no dou
  
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• Speech: Hard as well as soft power: the case for modern defence

  15-03-2018 14:01
  1. BRITAIN’S PROUD HISTORYThe United Kingdom has a proud history on the world stage. We helped defeat tyranny in two world wars and communism in the Cold War. We have shielded the most vulnerable from Kosovo to Sierra Leone. We helped liberate millions from the shackles of oppression and exported democracy, tolerance and justice around the world. In the process, Britain alongside our allies ushered in a period of peace and prosperity across our continent unparalleled in its history2. OUR A
  
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• Cambridge Design Partnership and ECCO step into customised footwear

  15-03-2018 13:13
  
  Cambridge Design Partnership has worked with shoe brand ECCO to help the company realise the potential of data-driven customised footwear.
  Measuring foot geometryECCO’s QUANT-U project takes individual data to produce customised silicone midsoles via an in-store additive manufacturing process.
  In the space of a few minutes, consumers receive a full digital analysis of their foot structure and the way they move. Shoes are then tailored to their specific requirements in a few hours.
  A wearab
  
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• Rendering brain tissue transparent can help explain degenerative disease

  15-03-2018 12:51
  
  Mapping dense tangles of nerve cells can provide insights into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and depression
  Distribution of nerve cellsResearchers from Imperial College London and Hong Kong University have developed the method for “clearing” brain tissue as a way of making the task of tracing the complex circuitries of nerve cells within the brain much less arduous.
  Traditionally, neurons are mapped by slicing the brain into multiple thin slices and tracking the cells as they
  
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• US firm builds 3D printed house in less than a day

  15-03-2018 12:14
  
  US construction technologies firm Icon has demonstrated a method for 3D printing a single storey house in less than 24 hours.The small company – which is hoping to pioneer the use of 3D printing for homebuilding – has unveiled a 650 square foot home in Austin, Texas that was built using its Vulcan 3D printer, which builds structures by depositing layers of specially formulated cement.
  The firm claims that it can print an entire home for $10,000 but that costs could ultimately be brou
  
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• Interview: Anthony Finkelstein, the government’s chief scientific adviser for national security

  15-03-2018 10:00
  
  The chief scientific adviser for national security is far from a Bond techie and passionate about British research
  Magazines like The Engineer arrange interviews in two ways. Sometimes we contact organisations to request interviews with people who we think might be interesting, and sometimes they are pitched to us. In this case, the Royal Academy of Engineering got in touch and asked if we’d like to speak to Anthony Finkelstein. He is the chief scientific adviser for national security, we
  
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• Interview: Anthony Finkelstein, Royal Academy of Engineering’s chief scientific adviser for national security

  15-03-2018 10:00
  
  The chief scientific adviser for national security is far from a Bond techie and passionate about British research
  Magazines like The Engineer arrange interviews in two ways. Sometimes we contact organisations to request interviews with people who we think might be interesting, and sometimes they are pitched to us. In this case, the Royal Academy of Engineering got in touch and asked if we’d like to speak to Anthony Finkelstein. He is the chief scientific adviser for national security, we
  
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