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Airbus Defence and Space to build CERES signals intelligence satellites for French defence

March 12th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

12 March 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has been selected by the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) to build the three CERES satellites, which will provide France with its first operational SIGINT capability. CERES is the first operation...

Airbus Defence and Space provides UK MOD with satellite airtime for location of military assets

March 11th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

11 March 2015 – The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to provide satellite airtime for air and ground tracking of ground assets and helicopters on a worldwide basis. The contract is for the provision of Iridi...

National Space Technology Programme – Funding Opportunities

March 10th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

10 March 2015 – Two new funding opportunities are available through the National Space Technology Programme. 1. NSTP Call for Proposals for Flagship Projects On behalf of the UK Space Agency, we are pleased to announce the NSTP-2 Space Technology ...

UK Space Agency’s second CubeSat mission is taking shape

March 5th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

5 March 2015 – The UK Space Agency’s next CubeSat mission, AlSat Nano, is starting to take shape, following the selection of the mission’s payloads. The suite of 3 payloads will be developed by UK academic-industrial partnerships that will us...

Graduate Technology Development Programme

March 4th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

Inmarsat is offering an exciting opportunity for graduates to work for the world’s leading mobile satellite company through its Technology Development Programme which offers a permanent job opportunity at Inmarsat, combined with a two-year pr...

Airbus Defence and Space delivers LISA Pathfinder propulsion and science modules for final testing

February 27th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

27 February 2015 – LISA Pathfinder’s propulsion and science modules are leaving the UK for the last time. Airbus Defence and Space will ship the two modules to IABG near Munich in Germany, for final system level testing. The spacecraft is sch...

COMPASS Competition Briefing Update

February 25th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

25 February 2015 – FutureRailway launched a 100% funded £4m competition on COMbined Positioning Alternative Signalling System (COMPASS) Phase 2.

European Data Relay System confirms services for Copernicus in cooperation with the European Commission

February 25th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

25 February 2015 – Following the recent decision confirming the ESA-Airbus Defence and Space European Data Relay System partnership, agreement has been reached with the European Commission for the provision of EDRS services to the EU Copernic...

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