Alexandra Stickings, Research Analyst, Space Policy and Security at RUSI, examines the challenges of integrating space technology into the defence realm. Given some of the reactions to President Trump’s announcement of his plans to create a Space Force, and indeed also to the UK’s planned Defence Space Strategy, it is possible for some to underestimate, or ...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is encouraging science and technology specialists back to work via a successful pilot work placement scheme. The 12-week STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) Returners programme hopes to give professionals the confidence to step back into their careers after taking time away. The returnees have ...
Two new keynote speakers have been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, which will take place for the first time at Birmingham’s NEC on 28 March next year. Professor Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow in Defence Management, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Tracy Buckingham, Head of ...
Two ‘first of a kind’ 5kg satellites built in Glasgow and funded by the UK Space Agency have been launched from India. The satellites, which were designed and built by Spire Global, are unique due to their function, tiny size, low cost and quick build time. This style of satellite could revolutionise work ...