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Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have today announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have established a daily inter-island mail distribution service between three islands on [...]

School children were given a fascinating insight into the world of space during a visit to Westcott Venture Park. The students from five local secondary schools met experts from businesses who gave demonstrations of the latest developments taking place at the Park’s space cluster. School’s included St Hugh’s School [...]

Students from across the UK came together for the ‘Race to Space’ competition where they set an unofficial world record for the number of different hybrid/liquid rocket engines hot-fired for the first time on one site in one week. The students’ rocket engines all underwent their maiden test firing [...]

Directors of a start-up firm which helps with manufacturing in space are celebrating after being the first business to benefit from a new funding and development initiative. Growbotics Space has joined the Westcott Incubator and Accelerator (WIA) Programme aimed at encouraging start up and SME companies to grow and [...]

With all the excitement of this weekends (7 - 9 July) Grand Prix at Silverstone, it is easy to forget there is far more going on at Silverstone than just Formula 1. Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (Bucks LEP) Silverstone Enterprise Zone, next to the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit and [...]

Growbotics and Techwerk have joined the Westcott Space Cluster to take advantage of new funding available through the Westcott Incubator and Accelerator (WIA) Programme. They will become part of the fast-growing ecosystem of space companies situated at Westcott Venture Park. Funded through Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership and managed by [...]

Westcott based European Astrotech has successfully fuelled the EUCLID spacecraft on behalf of ESA, OHB-SE and TAS-I ahead of its launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in July 2023. A team of four engineers, supported by expert colleagues from OHB-SE and TAS-I performed the operation on 16th July, loading [...]

18th May, 2023: The Satellite Applications Catapult launches its new Drone Test and Development Centre (DTDC) facility at Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire. The site is a former RAF base and has a 270m runway, four dedicated landing pads for vertical, or vertical to horizontal take-off, and multiple flying [...]

Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is proud to announce its sponsorship of the national propulsion competition UK Race2Space which is aimed at inspiring students and giving them the skills needed to join the space industry. The competition, which is organised by the University of Sheffield, is taking place at [...]

One of Europe’s leading niche cable and wiring harness manufacturers is going from strength to strength at Silverstone Park with new investment in equipment and training. Nicab recently invested £200,000 in a Komax Alpha 530 machine which can crimp and seal high-quality wire cross-sections at a rate of nine [...]