Giant steps: Ireland’s space sector fuelled for lift-off

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A growing group of innovative companies, from multinationals to startups, are propelling Ireland’s advance into a previously uncharted market: space   Since the beginning of the last decade, Irish companies’ involvement in the space sector has risen by more than 300%. This rapid ascent was achieved from a solid launchpad: Ireland draws upon a 40-year […]

Mbryonics selected as the optical terminal provider for DARPA’s Space-BACN Program

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The DARPA Space-BACN program aims to deliver seamless communication between government and commercial LEO satellite constellations, such as Telesat Lightspeed, Starlink and Kuiper, using Mbryonics’ StarCom optical terminal. MBRYONICS has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the optical terminal, including the space telescope, the pointing, acquisition and tracking system […]

SpeQtral Announces Kongsberg Nano-Avionics and Mbryonics as Key Partners for SpeQtral-1 Mission

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SpeQtral, a leading quantum communication technology company, is thrilled to unveil the collaboration with Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) and Mbryonics for the upcoming SpeQtral-1 mission. NanoAvionics has been chosen as the satellite platform provider, while Mbryonics will take on the crucial role of the satellite optical terminal provider.    NanoAvionics, a prominent player in the new-space […]

Major Milestone: Establishing a photonics innovation hub in the West of Ireland

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A major milestone week for the company. “This is another major milestone for us. The mission has always been to establish a technology and innovation-driven manufacturing hub here in the West of Ireland, specifically Galway and this funding will allow us to further develop our photonics and optical system manufacturing technologies which will revolutionise the […]

OIP4NWE – Open-Innovation Photonics Pilot for North-Western Europe

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OIP4NWE – Open Innovation Photonics Pilot for North-West Europe. The OIP4NWE project aims at providing an open-access pilot line for generic PICs through open innovation with the goal of establishing enhanced and scalable photonic integration technology. The Interreg NWE-Project “OIP4NWE” aims at establishing an open access pilot line for the development, processing and testing of […]

MBRYONICS selected as optical terminal provider for DARPA’s Space-BACN Program

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Space-BACN program aims to deliver seamless communication between government and commercial LEO satellite constellations, utilising Mbryonics’ StarCom optical terminal. MBRYONICS, an innovative Satellite Communications and Photonics equipment provider, has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the optical terminal, including the space telescope, the pointing, acquisition and tracking system and the […]