ADS has released its UK Space Outlook 2022 report, estimating that the space sector directly employs 47,000 people in the UK, and supports almost 2,500 apprentices across the sector. Total turnover for the sector is estimated at £16.5 billion. Representing 1,100 UK businesses operating in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, ADS says it ...
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Digi-Key Electronics has opened its Back2School Prize Draw sweepstake, giving college students a chance to win prizes of real-world engineering tools and resources. The annual prize draw is open to any student with a university or college email address, and entries may be made in the students’ local language. There will be 11 prize giveaways ...
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has contracted Raytheon to further refine the space-based precision navigation system WAAS (Wide-Area Augmentation System). Specifically, Raytheon Intelligence & Space will modernise the system, in terms of system security, network architecture and adding dual frequency service. WAAS was developed by the Federal Aviation Administration to augment GPS services by ...
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Viasat’s planned acquisition of Inmarsat, the satellite service provider – which was first announced in November 2021 – has been given the go-ahead to proceed by the UK government. It has been decided the transaction poses no risk to UK’s national security and can therefore advance towards completion. Previously, the selling of UK technology companies ...
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The European Space Agency has awarded Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) a contract worth €11.72m as part of the agency’s Boost! commercial space transportation services programme. The German startup is developing a three-stage RFA One orbital launch vehicle – designed to operate at a high cadence – and ESA says it will be partnering with it ...
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Electronics Weekly is proud to reveal the Shortlists for this year’s Elektra Awards, the industry’s largest technology and business awards. The judges have discussed, considered and sorted this year’s cutting-edge entries and they’ve produced a very strong list of finalists. You can view the full set of shortlists below for a year that marks the ...
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Euroconsult, a consultancy specialising in the space sector, has published its ‘Satellite Connectivity and Video Market’ report, forecasting growth in capacity supply to more than 97 Terabytes per second in the next five years. The Paris-based company also expects capacity demand to be multiplied by a factor of 13. Capacity revenues will be boosted from ...
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Sierra Space, the space plane specialist, has signed a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Defense’s Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). The two organisations will work together to explore space transportation systems, as an alternative and complement to traditional air, land and surface modes of transportation. According to the agreement, Sierra ...
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Nasa says repair work is continuing on the Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight to the moon, with mission control teams preparing for the next launch attempt. It says it is preparing for the next launch opportunity as early as Friday, 23 September. Officials stopped the original Saturday 3 September launch countdown after discovering a hydrogen ...
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Leonardo is highlighting that it is increasing its early careers population in the UK by 50% over the coming year. The aerospace engineering company – with UK electronics sites including Basildon, Edinburgh, Luton and Southampton – says it is planning to hire an additional 300 apprentices, industrial placements and graduate scheme starters in 2023. This ...
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