Tag Archives: University of Strathclyde

The UK Space Agency is further funding eleven space projects involving UK work with international partners on innovative technology. The agency’s International Bilateral Fund is being used for Phase 2 backing of a range of companies and organisations – from the Alan Turing Institute using Artificial Intelligence to improve space operations to XCAM working on an X-ray imaging instrument to ...

The UK government is investing £7 million, via the National Space Innovation Programme, in 21 UK organisations working on innovative space technologies. The idea is that it represents cash injections for “high-risk, high-reward” projects of both companies and universities. Areas addressed include monitoring climate change through Earth Observation and satellite communications to provide greater connectivity to remote places. For example, one ...

A deal signed by AAC Clyde Space UK and the European Space Agency (ESA) will see 10 new government-backed satellites being built in Scotland. The small satellites will be built as part of a new three-year project entitled xSPANCION. The aim is to create a satellite constellation that businesses can use for applications such as satellite-based communications, Earth Observation and ...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is looking to tackle the issue of space junk – seven UK companies have been awarded a share of £1m of funding to help track debris in space. UKSA estimates that there are currently 160 million objects in orbit – mainly debris – that could collide with satellites providing services we use every day. The ...

Now in its fourth year, the EW BrightSparks programme sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the EW BrightSparks of 2020, we highlight Kyle Walker, who is a Ph.D student in Underwater Robotics at the University of Edinburgh. Achievements Kyle’s nominator ...

Now in its fourth year, the EW BrightSparks programme sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the EW BrightSparks of 2020, we highlight Marnie McKay, a Graduate Engineer at Atkins. Achievements Marnie’s academic and extra-curricular STEM activities are many and varied ...

UK Ministry of Defence awards contracts to develop improved Electro-Optics and Infrared (EOIR) sensor capabilities

Now in its third year, the EW BrightSparks programme sees Electronics Weekly team up with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. The 2019 winners received their awards at the beginning of May. In our series on the class of 2019, we highlight Craig Dickson, an Aerospace Engineering Graduate at BAE Systems. ...

Now in its third year, the EW BrightSparks programme sees Electronics Weekly team up with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. The 2019 winners received their awards at the beginning of May. In our series on the class of 2019, we highlight Joe Gibson, a student at the University of ...

In our series on the class of 2019, we highlight Stewart Macpherson, an Electronics Engineer at Thales.