July 5, 2016
To speed up the user uptake of the European Union's Earth observation programme Copernicus, the European Commission's Copernicus Accelerator will now foster the development of commercial space applications and products. Tremendous amounts of data from space - especially the kind produced by Copernicus - present countless opportunities, and are becoming an increasingly common component of
July 15, 2015
On 9-10 July 2015, at the Portuguese Navy Base of Alfeite (Almada) in Lisbon, 24 Project Partners from 9 countries demonstrated the ICARUS (Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned Search Operations) system, as final step of the ICARUS European project (http://www.fp7-icarus.eu/) funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and
October 28, 2014
PARIS, Oct. 28, 2014—In a landmark agreement for Europe’s Copernicus programme, the European Commission and ESA have signed an Agreement of over €3 billion to manage and implement the Copernicus ‘space component’ between 2014 and 2021.The Multiannual Financial Framework is a seven-year plan for the EU’s budget that includes the provision of about €4.3 billion for the
