Through their 2011 Administrative Arrangement and active policy and programmatic coordination, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have today agreed to pursue their cooperation in the domain of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) with the signature of the DeSIRE II Project Arrangement.
Over the past four years, small Dutch company Robin Radar has been building a business out of FlySafe, ESA’s project for preventing bird strikes on aircraft, but has recently taken the technology down a new and unexpected path.
A major issue for aeronautics, bird strikes can cause delays, damage to machinery and in some cases human casualties. The consequences can be devastating and costly in more ways than one, which is why ESA’s Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) programme developed FlySafe with the TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.
The ARTES 3-4 Satcom Applications programme of the European Space Agency (ESA)* is inviting public and commercial organisations to propose ideas, suggestions and business innovations for space-based applications and services related to satellite communications addressing European and Global market segments. The aim is to generate ideas that will improve business performance and operations, help enforce new regulatory standards, or enable improved resilience.
We organise a range of workshops and awareness events on current and future topics together with partner networks to highlight the benefits of space, instigate new project ideas, and link space and non-space actors. In addition, we present at conferences and events, as well as organising several in-person events and webinars to support companies interested in working with ESA. Hence, we created a ‘How to’ series as well as ‘APQ in a Day Workshops’ for the benefit of our applicants.
You may respond to the Open Call for Proposals at any time or follow-up on Invitations to Tender through our opportunities section.
The ESA Business Applications Newsletter provides regular email updates and information regarding the latest news & events, project information, as well as opportunity announcements.
You can contact us through:
If you are a service provider willing to enlarge or improve your current portfolio, you can get in touch with us to discuss how space technology can help you through our email address artes-apps@esa.int or using the contact form. You are also welcome to attend ARTES Applications/ Ambassador Platform events and workshops for information and match-making.
An application is a specific utilisation area of interest for a user. A service is an implementation of the application necessary to make it available and to provide support to the user.
In the frame of ESA Business Applications, an industry is defined as an entity which can be involved in the service either as part of its development or as part of its provision. Most often it means space industry.
In the scope of ESA Business Applications a user is defined as an entity whose needs can be covered with a service provided by a third party. By means of this, a commercial agreement is established between the user and the provider of the service.
A user can be a:
ARTES IAP is ESA's Integrated Applications Promotion programme. ARTES consists of a wide number of activities. For its broad scope, the ARTES programme has been subdivided in different elements that correspond to different programmatic declarations according to the specific purpose they intend to serve. ARTES IAP is one of them.
