Digi-Key Electronics is launching Season 2 of its “Factory Tomorrow” video series, focused on automation and control in manufacturing facilities. Sponsored by Siemens, Schneider Electric and Phoenix Contact, the next three-episode series takes a closer look at the driving forces behind Industry 4.0. Content includes interviews with experts in the field about how AI, connectivity ...
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EnSilica has opened a new design centre in Bristol, with a staff of 14 engineers and a focus on advanced node ASIC design. The opening follows a period of significant growth, says the company, with Bristol being chosen for its electronics heritage, its university links and the quality of life offered by the city. The ...
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ESA is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometres up in space. It is part of its FutureNAV initiative. The long-term goal is to bring satnav closer to Earth, by extending GNSS and supporting positional navigation and timing (PNT) services from low Earth orbit (LEO) . ...
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The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has selected five companies to develop ground, air, and space-based prototypes for global weather sensing: Greensight, Muon Space, NextGen Federal Systems, Tomorrow.io and WindBorne Systems. The DIU is partnering with the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)’s Weather Systems Branch for the initiative, looking to source high ...
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Sierra Space, the space plane specialist, and IBM have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on AI-based space-related technology and software, to work across the former’s range of space vehicles and infrastructure. Specifically, they plan to coordinate the workload of astronauts through Sierra Space’s data analysis and collection technology. They also envisage “building ...
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The first flight of ESA’s new heavy-lift launch system, Ariane 6 – the flagship of a new family of ESA launchers – is now scheduled for Q4 2023. The ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher said to anticipate Q4 2023 for the first flight. This, however, is pending the realization of three key milestones before April ...
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In-Space Missions reports having completed the final assembly and testing of its two Prometheus-2 cubesats and they have now been delivered to Spaceport Cornwall for integration to Virgin Orbit’s Launcher One rocket. Already in the payload for the imminent first UK space launch is the satellite of the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies, ...
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Canada is to contribute to the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission led by NASA, a multi-satellite initiative to help improve extreme weather prediction, climate modelling, and the monitoring of disasters. Canada’s contribution – involving two instruments and a satellite – is estimated at more than $200 million, with launches slated to be in 2028 and ...
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Described as the “UK’s Premier IoT Show, from Sensor to Cloud”, Hardware Pioneers Max is on 25 October 2022 at the London Business Design Centre. Topics covered in the show include embedded vision, IoT security, Edge AI, FPGA technology, power management and sensing technology, and it also features an exhibition (you can see the full ...
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The UK’s Defence Select Committee has delivered a damning report on the country’s space efforts entitled “Defence Space: through adversity to the stars?” Among its findings, it calls for the creation of a Minister for Space “to provide direction, drive and accountability for this and other critical space programmes”. It also found that Whitehall governance ...
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