Engineering
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Innovate UK has opened a £1m advanced manufacturing sensing pilot. The scheme targets UK SMEs developing measurement, instrumentation, and sensing technologies for automotive, aerospace, battery, space, and advanced-materials supply chains.
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Quest Global has joined Babcock’s five-year group engineering services framework. The appointment extends a relationship dating from 2023 across nuclear, marine, aviation, land, and mission systems programmes.
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Hexagon has agreed to acquire Leicester maritime specialist Guidance Marine. The deal adds radar, laser, vision, and microwave sensing to Hexagon’s marine positioning portfolio, with completion expected by year-end.
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Certain Energy has raised £10m to commercialise manganese flow batteries. The Imperial College spinout plans a UK research expansion, supply-chain development, and a grid-connected MWh-class system in India.
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Sandvik has won another major Kamoa-Kakula underground mining equipment order. The SEK275 million contract covers 19 trucks and loaders, including two AutoMine-equipped machines, with deliveries scheduled through the third quarter of 2027.
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Metso is acquiring Valmet pump technologies for demanding slurry applications. Flowrox hose and progressive cavity products will transfer into Metso’s portfolio and Finnish manufacturing operations.
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Exponent is investing in KTL to expand infrastructure engineering capacity. The business serves telecoms and power networks across Ireland and the UK, with around 650 employees.
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Construction has started on West Cumbria’s £23.6 million industrial campus. Morgan Sindall is building two business units at Leconfield, with completion expected by late 2027.
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DeepOcean has completed subsea construction at Teal West in Britain. The North Sea project used ROV-operated tooling for diverless high-pressure connections and links new production infrastructure to the existing Anasuria FPSO.
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Amentum will support NASA Langley under a $974m engineering contract. CMOE II combines research-facility operations, maintenance, utilities, design, controls, construction management, pressure-system work, and engineering support across a ten-year performance period.
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