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The launch date for the first two satellites of Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system will be 20 October 2011. This will be the first of a series of Galileo satellite launches by Arianespace from Europe's Spaceport in French Guyana. The announcement follows a detailed review, under the chairmanship...
Cassidian has delivered the third phase of the Réseaux de Desserte Terre et Marine (RDTM) project as the military base in Toulon, France, enters operation. The objective of the RDTM project is to harmonise the voice systems currently in place at the French land army bases (MTGT system) and...
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe's largest engineering body is calling on the UK government to ensure its procurement policies are used to maximum effect to drive innovation through the use of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). The call to action from the IET follows its...
The strength of the UK Space Industry, which is worth an estimated £7.5 B, has been doubly enhanced with the publication by the UK’s Space Leadership Council of the National Space Technology Strategy for the UK and the opening by the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC). The National Space...
The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has informed the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) of its decision to allocate an additional €30 M to COST. COST implements networking activities for researchers, contributing to the European Research Area (ERA) goals...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have announced the creation of a partnership in the burgeoning field of intelligent transport systems (ITS) and the instigation of a new Joint Task Force for ITS Communications. The involvement of international standards bodies is seen as...
The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has joined 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner. With its high level representation from the world’s leading operators and manufacturers, NGMN will support 3GPP to ensure that mobile broadband services continue to meet the expectations of end users. The Partnership Agreement was...
The Protection of European BoRders and Seas through the IntElligent Use of Surveillance (PERSEUS) project, led by Indra, has been instigated to provide protection of the European seas and borders with the smart use of technologies. The project, with a budget of €43.7 M and an execution period of...
The German V3DIM (standing for design for vertical 3D system integration in millimetre-wave applications) research project aims to lay the foundations for establishing the design requirements to develop innovative, highly integrated 3D System-in-Package (SiP) solutions for systems in the 40 to 100 GHz range. Five partners from industry, science...
CEA-Leti has joined the III-V Lab in a move to strengthen the industrial research capabilities of the R&D centre, which is Europe’s most advanced in the field of III-V semiconductors. CEA-Leti joins Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Thales, which established the III-V Lab, south of Paris, France, in 2004. Since...
