The idea of a rocket that consumes its own fuselage has been on the minds of engineers since 1938. This is because traditional rocket launch vehicles are both huge and expensive, which poses cost and logistics challenges when it comes to launching rockets with smaller payloads. Conventional rockets reduce their weight ...
Space is becoming a bigger focus for the MOD and British industry in general. Modernisation means that satellites are a much bigger part of battlefield communications and surveillance. Innovations such as drones can be controlled through satellites and information from them can be communicated across a large area quickly. The MOD ...
National Rocketry competition opened to next generation of engineers. Students aged 11-18 are being invited to take part in the 11th UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKAYRoC). Organised by the ADS, teams will compete regionally to qualify for the national finals and the winners will represent the UK in a fly ...