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News Update - December 2011
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Company News
Annual General Meeting (AGM) The REL AGM took place on 7th December 2011 at the company’s headquarters in Oxfordshire. After the meeting the shareholders were taken on a tour of the new production facility at the Culham Science Centre. REL received positive feedback on the progress made.		AGM attendees visit REL's new facility. Click for larger image.



General News

7th Appleton Space Conference On 8th December 2011 Alan Bond gave a progress update on the SKYLON programme at the event. He was able to report that while the pre-cooler development was proceeding slower than hoped; all other research and development work had equaled or surpassed expectation. He also stated that it was likely that funding for the next stage was going to be slightly delayed pending completion of the pre-cooler test programme.

BBC Coverage SKYLON’s spin-off, a hypersonic aeroplane named LAPCAT, has featured in an article on the BBC website. Read it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16090841 Richard Varvill has also participated in a BBC World Service programme on hypersonic flight. Listen to it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w557