18 June 2019
Israeli space tech firm hiSky expands to the UK
... network management system (NMS) and operation centre. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) provided £9 million of funding for hiSky to develop cutting-edge space telecoms technology at the Harwell Space Cluster, which is growing fast and already home to more...
20 November 2017
New £29 million AI and robotics space hub for UK
... through a £6.7 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA). FAIR-SPACE plans to go beyond the-state-of-the-art in robotic sensing, perception, mobility and manipulation by tasking...
20 November 2020
Funding boost for Scottish airport’s spaceport plans
... of the aerospace industry's workforce in Scotland. Ian Annett, deputy CEO of the UK Space Agency, said: "The deal will deliver another boost to the UK's growing space sector by funding a range of new, cutting-edge aerospace activities around Glasgow...
06 March 2020
Space set to generate 15,000 high-level new green jobs
... the investment conditions right, our ability to achieve our targets could be destabilised. The new technologies in creating space growth are upon us, and must be utilised to help the UK become a powerhouse in tackling climate change.” Graham Peters...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has ambitious goals to become Europe’s first ...Executive. Virgin Orbit has entered a partnership with Spaceport Cornwall and the UK Space Agency that could lead to orbital rocket launches starting in 2021 using a modified ...
10 April 2019
Brexit high noon for UK space industry
... sector's future is the role of the UK Space Agency (UKSA) itself. Currently functioning as an enabler within the space industry - working on space projects in cooperation with industry and academia - UKSA lacks the staffing and resources it would...
