Military/Aerospace Electronics

Sen, a UK space video company, is launching a 4K live stream looking out from the International Space Station (ISS) with the aim to enable people “to see Earth from space like astronauts”. Its cameras will be arriving at the space station as part of the Space X-30 Commercial Resupply Mission (CRS) to the ISS. Then, once aboard, Sen’s payload ...

Terran Orbital is entering the small satellite geosynchronous orbit (GEO) market with its SmallSat GEO system for satellites above 500kg. The satellite manufacturer – based in Boca Raton, Florida – says SmallSat GEO is aimed at the communications market and will provide higher power and performance than may have been needed in low-earth orbit (LEO). The company is also promising ...

Astrolight, a space communications startup, has joined Nato’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), bringing its dual-use laser communication technology to the defense sector. A Vilnius, Lithuania-based company, Astrolight specialises in space-to-Earth and ship-to-ship laser communications. It’s focus in DIANA will be tactical communication between navy ships. The company plans to develop a product for optical comms so ...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced that Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won £250,000 of investment from the UK’s Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF). The funding – to be matched by the company – will enable a Research and Development Imager Cleanroom to improve SSTL’s facilities in Guildford. This will, say the parties, support the development of cutting-edge, ...

East Coast Microwave is stocking cryogenic isolators from DiTom Microwave, designed to operate “at or below 77K”, according to East Coast. Taking D3I4080Y as an example, it operates from 4 to 8GHz and can handle average forward inputs up to 30W, peaking at 50W. Maximum reverse input power is 2W. “The component provides more than 16dB of isolation and has ...

The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has announced funding opportunities for in-space production applications in the areas of advanced materials and manufacturing. The ISS was designated as a U.S. National Laboratory in 2005 by Congress – it’s responsible for managing all non-NASA research, officially enabling space research and development access to commercial, academic, and government users. In-space production In-space ...

Space South Central is the portal to Cosmic Capital for space-related SMEs to attract financial backing. The regional space organisation – taking in Surrey and Hampshire – and the SETsquared Partnership have won UK Space Agency funding to run the free initiative, which is called Cosmic Capital. It aims to help “high-potential space and space-related SMEs attract investment” and applications ...

Today sees the start of Space-Comm Expo, Farnborough, aiming to address the global space industry. It’s described as the UK’s biggest event in the space industry calendar, with 4,000 people expected to attend – from governments, business and academia – along with 200 exhibitors and 100 international speakers. Issues addressed will the commercialisation, security, and sustainability of space exploration and ...

The UK Space agency is funding a comms tech competition with a potential of £10 million investment open to a range of “innovative products or components, systems or services, and any aspect of the space, ground or network segments”. This could, for example, include technologies such as the laser communication in space, or the use of space tech to improve ...

The Head of Capability (EW Sensors) at Leonardo UK, Fiona Clark, has won the Princess Royal’s WISE Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is in recognition of her outstanding contribution to STEM outreach and her professional achievements during the past four decades. “I am absolutely over the moon to have been given this award, recognising not just my work achievements, but ...