The new logistics center of the Galileo
The logistics center of the Galileo satellite program was inaugurated on the 1st of Dec 2017. It is from this high-tech center, a 3000 m2 and 12 million 600 thousand euros paid by the...
Category: Aerospace
Italian Space debris radar monitoring within the SST EU program
As the amount of space debris orbiting the earth is continuously increasing, it is becoming essential to monitor and predict the debris trajectories in order to avoid collisions that could threaten space missions, i.e....
Galileo Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Centre will open 1st of Dec
“The reception phase of the building is underway, the team is busy testing the equipment, the center will be fully operational by the end of November and will be inaugurated on 1 December” Says...
Aurora Unveils New eVTOL Aircraft
Uber has selected Aurora Flight Sciences as a partner to develop electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for its Uber Elevate Network. Aurora’s eVTOL concept is derived from its XV-24A X-plane program currently...
UK & NOR US sign for P-8A maritime patrol aircrafts
The United Kingdom will be adding the water-patrolling, submarine-hunting Boeing P-8A Poseidon to its Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet. Following the UK prime minister announcement at the 2016 Farnborough International Air Show, the UK...
UK/FR Joint Development New Phase of FCAS
The British and French governments have signed an agreement to begin a new phase of the bilateral Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme. A 12-month study phase will now begin, which will ultimately lead...
USAF: $37 million contract to Raytheon for New Protected SATCOM System
Advanced satellite communications are an absolute necessity for military victory. The information that gets sent around the world must be kept safe, secure and protected. It can’t be intercepted by adversaries. Thousands of miles...
Palm-Sized Radar for Small Drones
A new radar-equipped drone took off last month in Texas for a series of tests aimed at finding out how well Bellevue-based Echodyne’s miniaturized detect-and-avoid radar could spot obstacles and other aircrafts. The results confirmed that...
Hypersonic Flight: The Role of Italy
The Centre for Aeronautical Military Studies (CESMA), following the recommendations given by the First International Symposium, has set up a Working Group on Hypersonic Aircraft, with the intent to deepen reflection on the possibility,...
TeSeR: EU project to clean up space
Orbital space is becoming increasingly congested. Space debris threatens space-based infrastructures which are vital for life on Earth. Disused spacecraft are a potentially dangerous source of space debris. The TeSeR project develops technologies that...