Join the Defence Trade Office, British Embassy, Washington DC. for a series of briefings, pre-arranged 1-2-1 meetings in person, on doing business with the US Department of Defense. We will be accompanied by members of the International Prototyping & Experimentation Office, responsible for the Foreign Comparative Testing Program (FCT), a key route to contract for…
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ABOUT UKROC The UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKROC) is a national competition for young people aged 11 – 18 from any secondary schools, colleges, educational facilities or youth groups to design, build and launch a model rocket with a fragile payload (usually one raw egg). The competition is designed to encourage creativity, innovative thinking and…
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End users are the core of the EU Space Programme which is why the EU Space Week features a set of industry focused sessions, the User Consultation Platform. The User Consultation Platform (UCP) is a periodic forum organised by the European Commission (EC) and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), where users…
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The world’s population is growing, meaning there’s more mouths to feed. With climate change wreaking havoc on global food supply chains, doing so in a sustainable manner becomes increasingly difficult. That’s why initiatives like the World Food Day are so critical. Celebrated every 16 October, World Food Day puts the spotlight on the importance of…
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The Galileo Open Service (OS) has been upgraded with three new features added to its I/NAV message, one of the four message types broadcast by Galileo satellites. Collectively referred to simply as “I/NAV improvements”, these features are now available to all Open Service users. On 12 August 2023, the gradual process of upgrading the operational…
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Trains, contribute only 1% of transport-related pollution, compared to 71% for cars and 12% for planes. They can make a valuable contribution to the fight against climate change and in achieving the Commission’s pledge of climate-neutrality in Europe by 2050. This, of course, requires informing and incentivising European citizens not only on the benefits but…
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UPDATE 18 OCT: This event is cancelled and will be rescheduled at a future date due to extensive flooding and unsafe driving conditions in and around Midleton. We apologise for the change and will contact all registrants in future about a new date. Journalist Jordan Wright, better known to his 120,000 YouTube subscribers as The…
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Journalist Jordan Wright, better known to his 120,000 YouTube subscribers as The Angry Astronaut, will be bringing his touring lecture How Space Flight Will Save the World to the NSC on Wednesday, 18 October, from 7 PM to 9 PM. “NASA is failing to educate the public when it comes to the benefits of Spaceflight. …
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In a demonstration of humanitarian synergy, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), alongside the Ukrainian Red Cross and the European innovators Global Smart Rescue and CloudFerro, recently held a demonstrator day in Lublin, Poland within the framework of the EUSpace4Ukraine initiative. The EUSpace4Ukraine initiative is mobilising the EU Space innovation community that can…
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Space has become one of the most exciting ecosystems to generate revenue. Yet, when most people hear the term “space business” the first thing that pops into their head is a rocket blasting off of a launch pad and a control room. “And yes, part of space business is about sending rovers to Mars and…
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