Digi-Key is launching Series 2 of a video sequence entitled ‘Supply Chain Transformed’. The first of three videos in the series, “The Path to Recovery,” is already live on Digi-Key’s website, considering how supply chains have evolved. Specifically, post-Covid and what suppliers are doing differently to ensure that the most in-demand products are readily available. ...
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The UK Space Agency has awarded £1.2 million to the UK’s south-central region, and the funding includes £300,000 for the newly-formed Space South Central, which is described as the UK’s largest ‘space cluster’. The money will support Space South Central’s aims to promote collaboration and champion space-related business and R&D across Hampshire, Surrey and the ...
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Terran Orbital, the small satellite specialist, has won a contract valued at $2.4 billion to build the LEO constellation of Rivada Space Networks, representing 300 satellites. Specifically, it will design, build, and deploy 288 low-earth orbit satellites, and it will also develop 12 “spare” satellites, producing a total of 300 spacecraft. Tyvak – a subsidiary ...
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Ubotica, the space AI specialist, has announced its CogniSAT-XE2 hardware platform to support the use of AI in space, for in-orbit data analysis. Building on its existing CogniSAT technology, the mechanical and power envelope of CogniSAT-XE2 (with a PC/104 form factor) is compatible with small satellites such as to CubeSats and delivers increased compute performance ...
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Viasat’s bid to buy Inmarsat has suffered another setback. The European Commission has decided to open an “in-depth investigation” of the deal. The Commission – which is the executive arm of the EU, composed of “Commissioners” – will assess the proposed acquisition under the rules of EU Merger Regulation. It says it’s concerned the transaction may ...
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The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Annual Conference 2023 will run from 27 – 28 April 2023, bringing together women and allies from across all engineering disciplines for a two day conference. The venue is the Millennium Point in Birmingham. The Society, which supports women in engineering, says the event will “showcase the inspiring role models ...
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EnSilica, the custom ASIC design and supply services specialist, has won a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a chip for low-cost satellite broadband from anywhere on the planet when 4G/5G isn’t available. Specifically, it will support broadband connections for moving vehicles and Internet access for unconnected places, whether remote rural locations ...
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Satellite Vu – a UK British Earth Observation company – has announced it has secured £81 million worth of purchase options, from thirty companies, for its Early Access Programme (EAP) for satellite thermal imaging. The company, which describes itself as a space and climate tech company, says industry applications for those involved range from Industrial ...
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NanoAvionics – a satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator based in Lithuania – has doubled its satellite production capability by opening a manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing (MAIT) facility in Vilnius. After a gradual occupancy the site is now fully operational, says the company. Putting all the production, testing and mission operations infrastructure under one ...
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Nasa’s ESCAPADE mission, which aims to study Mars’ magnetosphere, will launch on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, the agency has announced. The launch, from Space Launch Complex-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, is targeted for late 2024. It will then take around 11 months to arrive at Mars after leaving Earth’s ...
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