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Call for applications for 4-week ‘Human Resources Training Programme’ in Japan for EU managers

January 26th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

26 January 2015 – The EU-Japan Centre is currently calling for applications for its 51th "Human Resources Training Programme – Japan Industry Insight" (HRTP), a 4/5-week programme in Japan financed by the European Commission.

RAeS publishes overview of ‘Space in 2015’

January 22nd, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

22 January 2015 – The Space Group Committee of the Royal Aeronautical Society has written an overview of 'Space in 2015', which is set to include a Pluto fly-by and further satellites in the Copernicus and Galileo programmes, among the many h...

Innovate UK and UK Space Agency invest £2m in in-orbit spacecraft propulsion technologies

January 12th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

12 January 2015 – Innovate UK, the UK's Innovation Agency, along with the UK Space Agency, are investing up to £2m in collaborative R&D projects to support continued business and technical innovation in in-orbit spacecraft propulsion systems

ASTRA 2G satellite to provide next generation services ready in orbit

January 12th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

12 January 2015 – Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed the initial in-orbit testing of ASTRA 2G and has handed over the control of the satellite to SES who will now validate the performance of its communications payload.

2015 Space Internship Network scheme opens

January 9th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

9 January 2015 – The Space Internship Network (SpIN) is launching its 2015 programme, by inviting employers to submit projects and host student placements in the summer of 2015.

UK Space Agency leads Space Mission to Japan

January 8th, 2015 Posted in Uncategorised

8 January 2015 – A UK Space Agency-led delegation covering policy, science/technology and business has visited Japan for a series of Space events held in Tokyo. The mission was successful in highlighting the opportunities of working with the ...

Airbus Defence and Space breaks world in-orbit longevity record

December 19th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

19 December 2014 – Inmarsat-2 F2, the second Eurostar satellite designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, was retired from operational service and safely decommissioned this week after completing a record-breaking flawless commercial mi...

£7.5m funding announcement for Managing Energy on Marine Vessels

December 17th, 2014 Posted in Uncategorised

17 December 2014 – Innovate UK in partnership with Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (dstl) has launched a funding competition for collaborative R&D projects to improve the ways in which energy is managed on ships and other marine & m...

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