Military/Aerospace Electronics

Nasa has further boosted its Tipping Point initiative – with additional funding of up to $200 million – to support the development of new technologies for space. The aim is to both foster the growth of commercial opportunities and benefit future missions for the agency. NASA says it is also offering businesses a chance to work with agency experts or ...

Space Foundation has launched the Space Commerce Institute, a programme offered by its Center for Innovation and Education for university students, entrepreneurs, businesses and professionals. Its goal is to “facilitate access and growth” within the space sector – allowing participants in the Institute to learn from experts in the field. Founded in 1983, and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Space Foundation ...

Powell Electronics is stocking Full Nelson heat shrink boots and AutoShrink cold-action shrink boots and sleeves from Glenair in Dublin for short lead times across Europe. Operation temperature is -75 to 175°C for heat shrink boots, and -65 to 300°C for cold-action shrink boots and sleeves. Both product ranges are lightweight and flexible, and neither require back-shells or break-out adapters. ...

The shortlist for the UK Government’s Nanosat Design Competition has been announced, with five teams – from apprentices to grammar school and university students – competing for a share of the £600,000 Challenge Fund. It was launched in November 2021, we covered, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite for launch, with climate change as the theme ...

KSAT, the Norwegian ground segment specialist, has been selected to provide ground communication services, working with Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, for Nasa’s Lunar InfraRed Imaging (LunIR) mission. To be operated by Lockheed Martin, which won the development contact from NASA, the nano-satellite dubbed LunIR is part of the Artemis I mission and its lunar flyby is planned to gather data about the ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has announced details of its new IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference. As the name suggests, it will be concerned with coordinating action to help mitigate the impact of satellite constellations on ground-based optical and radio astronomy observations. Specifically, it will coordinate “collaborative multidisciplinary international efforts ...

Astrocast has made its bidirectional satellite IoT service commercially available, aimed at connecting IoT devices globally for use outside of cell-based terrestrial networks. The service uses Astrocast’s own recently launched nanosatellite constellation, in Low Earth Orbit, and it is bidding to support low-cost applications in asset tracking and telemetry. Target sectors include agriculture and livestock, utilities, transport and mining – ...

Isotropic Systems, a specialist in next-gen satellite connectivity, has completed advanced multi-orbit antenna trials for the U.S. military, it has announced. The Reading-based developer of multi-link satellite technology connected to GEO (geostationary orbit) and MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellites simultaneously with a single antenna. The tests were conducted with SES Government Solutions, a provider of government satcom systems, at the ...

ICEYE, the Finnish satellite imagery specialist, has closed a $136m Series D funding round, led by London-based space investor Seraphim Space. New investors included BAE Systems and Kajima Ventures. And Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures, True Ventures, C16 Ventures, Chione Ltd, Services Group of America, the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), Space Capital and Promus Ventures also participated. It ...

The UK government has announced new funding for what it describes as “space sustainability” projects, which span industry and academia. Basically, the 13 projects will help track, and potentially remove, debris in space, in accordance with the UK’s National Space Strategy, which was released in September 2021 and identified a need for the UK to lead in “making space safe ...