It’s the middle of the summer holiday season and an earthquake strikes Greece, rendering all ground-based communication services worthless. At this exact moment, a leisure boat sailing several kilometres off the coast of Athens experiences an on-board fire. Luckily, they have a Galileo-enabled Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to send a distress signal with,…
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NSE, the New Space Economy Expoforum, is the yearly date on the economic impacts of the space sector, on what drives the rapid evolution of the institutional and private involvement in the New Space. In addition, NSE networks big industrial players, small and medium innovative companies, investors, venturers, startups, research centers, academia, space agencies, institutions…
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From theft to hacking and un-anchoring, boats of all shapes and sizes are becoming an increasingly popular target for attacks, including cyberattacks. Protecting these critical and often expensive assets requires new, outside-the-box solutions. One of those solutions, powered by Galileo, is ARGOS. Developed with the support of the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA),…
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Through the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP) initiative, the European Commission supports public procurers (including contracting entities in the utilities and security sector) in developing and implementing more and better innovation procurements of ICT based solutions across the EU. The 2nd call of 2022 to apply for assistance under EAFIP is open now…
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In relation to the Podkarpackie Region’s (link) implementation of the project entitled “Preservation and Promotion of Natural and Cultural Heritage through Green Ways” (OUR WAY) co-funded by the Interreg Europe Program 2014-2020, on behalf of the organizers – the Region of Murcia from Spain organises the final conference of the project entitled “Green Ways –…
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Public Administration After the first three introductory sessions on the EU directive on the resilience of critical entities, the “Space 4 Critical Infrastructures” series turned towards its first thematic sessions. The webinar on “Public Administration” showcased how space can boost the preparedness of public administration in a number of threats and natural disasters that…
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July 1st marks the start of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. As the host country of the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), it’s safe to say that space will play a key role in achieving some of the presidency’s top priorities. The Council presidency rotates among the EU…
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On 30 June and 1 July 2022, the European Commission organises an Information Day and a Networking Event for potential applicants to the European Defence Fund (EDF) 2022 calls for proposals. Read more and register here (link). The European Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) would like to invite you to an information…
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The EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will take responsibility for the Programme’s Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) Front Desk operations service, following a Commission’s Decision of 03 June 2022. The responsibility will be transferred from the European Satellite Centre (SatCen), who currently operates the service, to EUSPA’s Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC) in…
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(The information has been updated as of 29 July 2022) The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is re-opening a testing campaign for INAV improvements implementation and hereby invites external stakeholders to express their interest in participating in such testing campaign. The testing will cover any of the three I/NAV improvements (SSP, FEC-2,…
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