February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... the airport is a cluster of large aerospace companies, including Spirit Aerosystems, which manufactures wing components for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and UTC Aerospace Systems, a major supplier to international space programmes. There is also...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... of Marine Litter’ by funding two parallel contracts - RESMALI, led by Argans Limited, UK (team including: the University of Cadiz, Airbus and The Ocean Cleanup) and OPTIMAL, led by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK. The project has two...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... ‘Next STEP-2’ and ESA’s new initiatives are taking the possibilities seriously. Commercial interests like Metalysis, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Thales Alenia and SSTL are all looking at what might be possible. Planetary scientist Dr Katherine...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... Harwell Science and Innovation and Daresbury Campuses. Before joining STFC, Barbara worked at EADS Astrium (now Airbus DS) where she managed Business Development across Europe for the €3.2 billion joint ESA EU Copernicus programme. She...
November 2018
Pole star rising
... build a separate DIAS platform. The other three contracts went to consortia led by Serco, ATOS Integration and Airbus, removing any doubts as to whether Polish companies are able to compete with the biggest. We have to appreciate however...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... data, the VHR satellite sector has been left largely to commercial providers. Established space operators like Airbus Defence and Space have announced their own constellations and are planning to supply the increasing demand...
