The ARTES 3-4 Satcom Applications programme of the European Space Agency (ESA)* is inviting public and commercial organisations to propose ideas, suggestions and business innovations for space-based applications and services related to satellite communications addressing European and Global market segments. The aim is to generate ideas that will improve business performance and operations, help enforce new regulatory standards, or enable improved resilience.
ASSIST - Assessed to prosper
Through the ASSIST study sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA), the development of a Telemedicine assessment methodology and a self-assessment tool have been carried out. ASSIST allows project managers to analyse the positive and negative impacts of their Telemedicine services way before they go live.
DESIRE II cooperation
Through their 2011 Administrative Arrangement and active policy and programmatic coordination, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have today agreed to pursue their cooperation in the domain of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) with the signature of the DeSIRE II Project Arrangement.
FlySafe helps start-up to new heights
Over the past four years, small Dutch company Robin Radar has been building a business out of FlySafe, ESA’s project for preventing bird strikes on aircraft, but has recently taken the technology down a new and unexpected path.
A major issue for aeronautics, bird strikes can cause delays, damage to machinery and in some cases human casualties. The consequences can be devastating and costly in more ways than one, which is why ESA’s Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) programme developed FlySafe with the TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.