QinetiQ wins contract with the European Space Agency

QinetiQ’s house enterprise has secured a brand new contract value eight.5m euro with the European Area Company (ESA) for the event and manufacturing of microgravity-based warmth switch experiments, anticipated to be put in on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) in 2026.

Referred to as the Warmth Switch Host 1, or just HOST1, the contract contains the event of the experimentation platform and 4 scientific experiments for finding out warmth switch phenomena inside several types of warmth pipes whereas in microgravity: the warmth pipes in query are utilized in thermal administration of electronics, engines in automotive and aeronautic industries, and warmth restoration programs like thermal photo voltaic panels.

Jim Graham, Managing Director for QinetiQ’s house enterprise commented, “Following on from our profitable win of the 9m euro HOST2 contract in November final yr, we’re delighted to safe HOST1.

“This newest win demonstrates the worth of our funding within the new cleanroom facility in Belgium, in addition to additional establishing our experience within the house sector for delivering extremely refined scientific experiments in orbit. We look ahead to working carefully with ESA on this thrilling undertaking.”

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Gravitational wave scientists grapple with the cosmic mystery of GW190814

Birmingham UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2020


A extremely uncommon gravitational wave sign, detected by the LIGO and Virgo observatories within the US and Italy, was generated by a brand new class of binary programs (two astronomical objects orbiting round one another), a global crew of astrophysicists has confirmed.

Scientists from the LIGO and Virgo Collaboration, which incorporates researchers from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy on the College of Birmingham, detected the sign, named GW190814, in August 2019.

In a brand new pape … read more