One of the biggest names in Italian car design, Pininfarina, to end up in...
Turin-based Pininfarina, the renowned Italian designer of the Alfa Romeo Spider and the Ferrari Testarossa, has been acquired by Indian tractor maker Mahindra.
Under the...
Airbus acquires flight support group Navtech
Leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus has announced the acquisition of Navtech, a global provider of flight operations solutions.
Headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, Navtech serves more than...
Ford filed patents for an astonishing 6,000 inventions in 2015
The Ford Motor Company revealed last week that it filed for a record number of patents in 2015 - 5,872 to be exact –...
Northrop Grumman to design and produce Shipboard Laser Weapon System Demonstrator for US Navy
The US Navy has awarded aerospace and defence technology company Northrop Grumman a three-phase contract to design, produce, integrate and support a shipboard Laser...
Norsk Titanium cleared to deliver 3D printed precision structural parts for aerospace & defence
Norsk Titanium AS, the leading supplier of aerospace-grade, 3D printed structural titanium components, has achieved Technology Readiness Level Eight (TRL 8) after completing a...
Panasonic to acquire refrigeration systems maker Hussmann for $1.5bn
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has announced that it has decided to buy refrigeration firm Hussmann for $1.5 billion.
Missouri based Hussmann is a leading US...
Alcoa inks $2.5bn supply agreement with Boeing
Lightweight metals manufacturer Alcoa has signed long-term contracts with Boeing for the supply of multi-material fastening systems for every Boeing platform and for the supply...
Thales Alenia Space wins ESA contract to build Copernicus Sentinel-1C and D satellites
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Finmeccanica, has been awarded a €402 million contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to...
Northrop Grumman completes delivery of centre fuselage for first Japanese F-35 Aircraft
Global security company Northrop Grumman has announced the delivery of the centre fuselage for Japan’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, an F-35A conventional takeoff...
Optomec secures strategic investments from GE and Autodesk
Optomec, the leading developer of 3D printing technologies, has secured strategic investments from GE Ventures and Autodesk – through its Spark Investment Fund –...