A journey through space was just one of a number of fantastic opportunities available at Babcock's Rosyth facility this week as the defence company rocketed 300 school pupils’ ambitions at the company’s annual Festival of Engineering.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed the final phase of a major improvement programme at one of the most remote sites on the Defence estate, with a new modular accommodation block at Byron Heights in the Falklands being handed over, marking the end of a four-year infrastructure project delivered on behalf of Strategic Command.

Sopra Steria and EUROCONTROL have agreed a new five-year contract to further develop the local and sub-regional airspace management support system – better known as LARA.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Ultra Maritime have announced a strategic partnership to substantially advance the state of the art in unmanned airborne detection and tracking of enemy submarines.

Romsey based Roke and Japan's Kaigai Corporation have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership, significantly increasing the availability of Roke’s advanced products and services to the Japanese market.

An underwater glue that enables rapid repairs to equipment in extreme environments, developed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and biotech firm Zentraxa, could soon be saving lives and providing UK Armed Forces with an operational edge following successful trials in Portsmouth.