Military/Aerospace Electronics

Teledyne e2v Space Imaging has joined the UK-led climate change TRUTHS mission in a signing ceremony COP 28. Part of The European Space Agency’s Earth Watch programme, The TRUTHS consortium will create a space-based climate and calibration observatory that will improve confidence in climate change forecasts and support net zero mitigation strategies and their impact. The mission will collect measurements ...

With the Mars Rover aiming to launch in 2028, a key instrument for the £10m Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover will now be built in the UK, not Russia. The Space Minister Andrew Griffith has announced that a UK team has been awarded £10m to replace Russian components in the rover, which will be searching for signs of life on the ...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and UK Space Command are turning to SpaceFlux to help protect the safety of national space assets, it was announced at the recent UK Space Conference in Belfast. The UK company has been awarded contracts – the commercial terms of which aren’t revealed – to provide tracking data about satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) and ...

NASA has given contracts to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company to put two satellites into orbit round Mars. Launch date is scheduled for August 2024. It will be the first time that Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has been used but as the contract only worth $79 million, NASA is prepared to take the risk.  The mission is called ...

A programme of orbital rocket launches by HyImpulse Technologies, a launch services provider, is due to be hosted by SaxaVord Spaceport, on the Shetland Islands. These space launches will be due to take place “from late 2025” at the site located on the Lamba Ness peninsula site in Unst. Although HyImpulse will attempt its maiden sub-orbital launch early next year ...

The power and control business of TT Electronics had opened its research, development and manufacturing facility in Rochdale, near Manchester UK, to work on products for “mission-critical aerospace and defence technology”, it said. “TT’s recent acquisitions of the Power Supply business from Excelitas, Torotel and Ferranti Power and Control have enhanced our customer portfolio as well as significantly strengthening our ...

Northumbria University, Newcastle has secured £50 million in funding to create a space skills, research and technology centre in the North East of England. Awards from the UK Space Agency and Lockheed Martin have been match-funded by the University to create the North East Space Skills and Technology Centre. The centre, which will be known as NESST will support the ...

With the UK Space Conference 2023 taking place in Belfast, the UK government has announced it’s bidding to join the Atlantic Constellation involving small satellites for Earth Observation. Along with Spain and Portugal, the UK will contribute a “pathfinder” satellite designed to aid early detection of climate change indicators. This will be built by the UK space startup Open Cosmos ...

 Open Cosmos has been awarded a £5 million project from the UK government’s Space Clusters and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF). “This funding will accelerate our mission to democratise access to critical space infrastructure by allowing faster integration of bigger payloads onboard our satellites,” says CEO and founder Rafel Siquier (pictured). Open Cosmos will use the funding to expand its manufacturing and ...

The race for comms from space is heating up. Viasat, the satellite communications company, and Skylo Technologies, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, have announced the launch of a global direct-to-device (D2D) network. Their infrastructure agreement will, they say, allow Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), device makers and chipset manufacturers to take 3GPP Release 17 compliant products to market using Viasat’s ...