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Category Archives: Aerospace & defence
Students bid for schools engineering challenge title
Students from 13 Glasgow schools have put their design and build skills to the test in the BAE Systems Schools Engineering Challenge 2013. S2 pupils are taking part in a challenge to design and build model ships using paper, card, … Continue reading
Posted in Aerospace & defence, Education & Training, Manufacturing management
Tagged BAE Systems, BAE Systems Schools Engineering Challenge 2013, Bearsden Academy, Clydebank High School, Eastwood High School, Glasgow Gaelic School, Govan High School, Hermitage Academy, Loudres High School, Notre Dame High School, Port Glasgow High School, Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier, Smithycroft Secondary School, St. Roch's Secondary School, University of Strathclyde Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Williamwood High School, Woodfarm High School
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Rolls continues growth with new factory
Britain’s blue chip aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has reported the start of construction of its new state-of-the-art core manufacturing facility in Derby that will produce reactor cores for the UK’s current and future submarines programme. The commencement of work at Derby … Continue reading
Rolls-Royce wins $1.6bn Trent order from IAG
Rolls-Royce has won a $1.6bn order from International Airlines Group (IAG) for Trent XWB engines to power 18 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. The A350-1000 aircraft is powered exclusively by the higher-thrust version of the Trent XWB. The announcement follows recent confirmation … Continue reading
Manufacturers demand better roads and bigger airports
Britain’s manufacturers are calling for government to prioritise investment in roads, act faster on increasing airport capacity and take the politics out of transport infrastructure by setting up an independent commission. The plea comes on the back of a new … Continue reading
Posted in Aerospace & defence, Automotive, Government/statistics, Logistics, Manufacturing management
Tagged airport capacity, EEF, roads, transport
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Cross-sector industrial partnerships gather pace
Plane-maker Airbus and automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are among those spearheading an industrial partnership scheme to bring together employers of all sizes to discuss how they can help tackle common issues as well as those specific to their … Continue reading
Posted in Aerospace & defence, Automotive, Education & Training, Motors/machinery, skills
Tagged agustaWestland, Airbus, Automated Technology Group, BAE Systems, Bentley, Ford of Britain, General Motors, GKN Aerospace, industrial partnerships, JJ Churchill, JLR, Rolls-Royce, Semta, siemens, Thales
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Higher apprenticeship in space engineering launched
The launch of the first ever Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering has been announced by Loughborough College and the National Space Academy. The programme, which will form a pathway within Semta’s Higher Apprenticeship in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering this summer, will … Continue reading
BAE lobbies US Congress on defence cuts
The British defence contractor BAE Systems is lobbying the US Congress to think again about budget cuts that it says will force “the loss of unique industrial capabilities, military preparedness, skilled labour and jobs”. BAE says that: “After more than … Continue reading
Posted in Aerospace & defence, Manufacturing management, Uncategorized
Tagged BAE Systems, Bradley
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