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 -...

Robotic Search and Rescue: The New ICARUS System Ready for Use from 2016
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...
Copernicus Operations Secured through 2021
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...