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Webinar: Digi-Key, Truphone talk eSIM technology for IoT

Digi-Key Electronics and Truphone, a connectivity and SIM software specialist, are hosting a webinar to showcase eSIM technology and how it can help IoT devices connect more quickly and efficiently. The free virtual webinar, entitled ‘Why is Cellular connectivity so important to IoT?‘, will be held on Wednesday 8 December at 5pm GMT (11 am ...

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Space to Connect 2022 opens for registrations

The Space to Connect 2022 event, which is hosted by the UK Space Agency (UKSA), has opened for registrations. Aimed at the UK space sector, it’s a free to attend event on Tuesday 1 February 2022. The location is the QEII Centre in central London, opposite Westminster Abbey. Exhibition stands will provide the opportunity for ...

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U.S. Army turns to ICEYE for SAR mission imagery

ICEYE, the Finnish satellite imagery specialist, has entered into an R&D agreement with the U.S. Army to advance the Earth observation technology supporting army missions. Specifically, the cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) is with the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC). They will explore together low-cost, on-orbit, synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) related ...

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Sierra Space raises $1.4bn Series A

Sierra Space – a recent spin-off from Sierra Nevada Corporation – has announced $1.4 in Series A funding, its first capital raise. It was, according to the company, the second-largest ever private capital raise in the aerospace and defense sector, globally. The investment was led by General Atlantic, Coatue and Moore Strategic Ventures, with participation ...

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SatADSL, MT partner on satellite comms for maritime sector

The Belgian satellite service provider SatADSL and satellite communications provider Milano Teleport (MT) are partnering to provide greater access to VSAT (very small aperture terminal) connectivity for maritime and terrestrial sectors. Under the terms of the agreement, MT will use SatADSL’s neXat platform to both provide capacity over Africa and deliver advanced maritime services worldwide. ...

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Digi-Key, Seeed Studio, Machinechat introduce private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box

Digi-Key Electronics is partnering with Seeed Studio and Machinechat for what it describes as the industry’s first private LoRaWAN-in-a-Box solutions for affordable and secure IoT. It’s aimed at IoT developers and engineers, and it combines Seeed’s Studio SenseCAP gateways and sensors with the Machinechat JEDI Pro Seeed Studio Edition software. The aim is to quickly deploy ...

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Women In Defence 2021 awards celebrate female engineers

The prestigious Women in Defence Awards have been held at the Guildhall in central London, and engineers from Leonardo and BAE Systems were among the winners. Sarah Cooper, a Senior Hardware Engineer at Leonardo, for example, was announced as the winner of the ‘STEM in Defence’ award. She was selected from among some of the ...

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Fleet Space finds funding for nanosatellite IoT

Fleet Space – the Australian startup looking to develop a global IoT nanosatellite constellation – has secured $26.4m (USD) of additional funding. The Series B capital raise – which gives a $126 million valuation for the company – was led by existing investors Artesian Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures, Grok, and Horizons Ventures. New investors included Alumni ...

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DARPA entangles BAE Systems in quantum technology for military antennas

DARPA – the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – has awarded BAE Systems multiple contracts to develop quantum technology for radio frequency (RF) sensing. The goal is to break constraints to antenna designs that have persisted for more than a century, says BAE Systems, reducing size, and increase sensitivity and accessible bandwidth by several ...

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Isotropic eyes hybrid satellite comms for trains

Isotropic Systems, the Reading-based specialist in satellite connectivity, has joined a UK Government and European Space Agency (ESA) consortium to test hybrid satellite communications for trains. The project will demonstrate the use of 5G in the area of transport and logistics. Specifically, it will explore how hybrid networks, based on multi-bearer 5G technology, could improve ...

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