Lockheed Martin's £85m County Durham satellite factory awaits Skynet decision
The proposed NETPark facility is tied to the US group's bid for Britain's next military communications satellites.
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North East deep tech and science news
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Filtronic wins record $68.1m SpaceX order
Sedgefield manufacturer expects to fulfil most of the £51.3m contract during its financial year ending May 2028.
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Northumberland aerogel maker Dragonfly Advanced Materials secures £1m to scale production
The Newcastle University spinout is commissioning a new manufacturing facility in Northumberland.
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Northumberland defence technology company OpenWorks expands into US
The 125-person Prudhoe company has opened a Virginia headquarters and plans a Detroit manufacturing facility.
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Financial services Long Read · 20 min read
The major investment funds backing North East companies
A guide to regional and national investors, from early-stage equity to growth capital and repayable loans.
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Filtronic wins $8m follow-on contract with US customer for satellite prototype units
The Sedgefield manufacturer is moving from a June development contract into prototype build with the same customer.
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Manufacturing Long Read · 7 min read
The North East's role in the UK government's £7.8bn space plan
How the North East is already equipped to contribute to Britain's new space strategy.
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Newcastle Long Read · 8 min read
What GeoPura's £275m sale means for Newcastle
Ballard is buying an integrated hydrogen business but the regional return depends on how it develops the Newcastle operation.
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NETPark's four semiconductor businesses named in national manufacturing cluster
A government study groups the region with Scotland and South Wales for manufacturing and materials.
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County Durham Long Read · 12 min read
NETPark is keeping the companies it grew
What two decades of public investment in Sedgefield has delivered and whether the model can keep scaling.
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Sedgefield-based Filtronic builds £200m-capacity factory on the back of record SpaceX orders
Revenue has doubled in two years supplying critical hardware to Starlink.
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Gateshead motor maker Turntide secures £17m to scale production
The grant lands on a Gateshead site with Silicon Valley backing and decades of local engineering history.
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Newcastle motor maker AEM raises £16m to take rare-earth-free technology into production
Existing investors and Innovate UK back the Washington manufacturer's push into volume production.