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Europe fires up beefier booster for Ariane 6 and Vega-C

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Successful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport

A qualification version of the P160C solid-fuel motor was successfully tested at the European Spaceport in French Guiana on April 24, paving the way for heftier payloads on the Ariane 6 and Vega rockets.…

Richard Speed

£136M government grant saves troubled Post Office from suboptimal IT

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Taxpayers foot bill to get to new platform as Fujitsu package balloons to £2.44 billion

The UK's Post Office would have to cope with suboptimal IT, increased risks and costs, and reduced reporting accuracy if it didn't receive £136 million ($180 million) in government aid to keep its disastrous Horizon system running and replace it with a more modern platform.…

Lindsay Clark