The Swiss Army has awarded a contract for micro drones to drone manufacturer, Parrot. European drone manufacturer Parrot has won a contract with the Swiss Defence Forces to produce micro drones. The call for tender launched at the beginning of 2019 by armasuisse, the federal procurement agency responsible for the Swiss Armed ...
The first measurements have been received from the ESA Solar Orbiter instrument which was launched earlier this month. The Solar Orbiter instrument has sent data to ground control at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The instrument recorded data before, during and after the boom’s deployment, allowing the scientists ...
COLKa, a UK-designed communications system, will launch from Virginia and travel to the ISS. The communications system, COLKa (Columbus Ka-band Terminal), is designed to provide astronauts with direct links to Europe at the speed of home broadband. The fridge-sized device is due to launch aboard a Cygnus supply ship from Wallops ...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has approved £1million in military decarbonisation funding which will go to waste reusing technology. DASA, who are Official Event Partners for DPRTE 2020, has approved decarbonisation funding for projects recycling waste fuel and oils from aircraft. DASA – on behalf of the Royal Air Force ...