Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has announced the creation of the ETSI Industry Specification Group for ‘Identity and access management for Networks and Services’ (ISG INS) to develop a common industry view on Identity Management (IdM) protocols and architectures, relating mainly to networks and services for the Internet...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Inmarsat and Vizada SAS have reached an agreement to improve emergency communications for disaster preparedness and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of a disaster. Inmarsat and Vizada provide satellite-based solutions that are critical in supporting activities aimed at helping countries better respond...

C-MAC MicroTechnology and Linear Technology Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to provide the European, Canadian and Asian space markets with space qualified radiation hardened (rad-hard) monolithic devices and hybrid modules. This key partnership forms part of C-MAC’s strategy for growth within the space market following its accreditation to...

A centre of excellence for printed intelligence is to be built in the Navarre region in Spain and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is delivering a roadmap study on printed intelligence to the Asociación de la Industria Navarra for this purpose. The study outlines what kind of...

In order to foster the competitiveness of the European semiconductor industry, 35 European partners have formed the – Implementing manufacturing science solutions to increase equipment productivity and fab performance (IMPROVE) – joint research project. The project runs from 2009 to the end of 2011 and targets the increased productivity...

Engineers at Scotland’s Institute for System Level Integration (iSLI) have begun work on the development stage of a £3.3 M project to design a wireless sensor system set to become a standard feature of the next generation of commercial aircraft. The project, which will enable the real-time monitoring of...

EADS has signed a long- term partnership agreement with the Russian Academy of Sciences and the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (SPb SPU), which expresses the common interests and basic principles of cooperation in Research and Technology (R&T). The agreement is also open for other scientific institutions. The parties...

New centres that offer UK-based businesses flexible and affordable access to cutting-edge scientific equipment and laboratory space for high-tech research and development work have opened at STFC Daresbury Laboratory, part of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus in Cheshire, UK. More than £3 M of cutting-edge equipment is available...

A consortium of leading companies in microelectronics announced a European initiative to improve the efficiency of engineering reliable electronic components as miniaturization reaches the nanoscale. The project, called NanoInterface, has won funding under the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP7) of the European Union in the...

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received the approval for replication at eight additional sites across Europe of the NATO Air Command and Control System Level of Operational Capability 1 (ACCS LOC 1) programme. Currently deployed at five sites in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, ACCS LOC 1 will replace...