Space West Newsletter - February 2025

Space West is proud to be supporting Space Talks. Building on the success of previous editions, SPACEtalks returns for its 5th instalment with an exciting new format. This year, the event spans three full days, featuring insightful presentations and discussions on existing markets, future markets, and security.

As space becomes an increasingly vital domain for society, the economy, and national security, it is also becoming more congested, contested, and competitive. Innovation continues to expand the capabilities of space systems, making them essential - but also more vulnerable to a range of risks.

Join us to ensure your organisation is equipped to navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving space environment and to safeguard the integrity of critical space systems.

Our next event will be taking place in Glasgow on Tuesday 4 March 2025 from 10.00am-4.00pm at National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

We'll be hosting events nationwide. Stay tuned for workshop dates and locations near you!

Workshop to inform and prepare attendees for coming ESA Space Solutions call for proposal Integrated Digital Solutions For The Energy Sector

As space becomes an increasingly vital domain for society, the economy, and national security, it is also becoming more congested, contested, and competitive. Innovation continues to expand the capabilities of space systems, making them essential - but also more vulnerable to a range of risks.

Join us to ensure your organisation is equipped to navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving space environment and to safeguard the integrity of critical space systems.

Our roadshow is coming to Newcastle on Tuesday 11 March 2025 from 10.00am-4.00pm at The Catalyst.

We'll be hosting events nationwide. Stay tuned for workshop dates and locations near you!

Bath Digital Festival is set to return in 2025 to transform Bath into a vibrant hub of innovation, creativity, and cutting-edge technology. More than just a local event, this curated festival aims to provide a platform for the entire South West region to explore, learn, and celebrate advancements in the digital and tech industries.

Space West is delighted to be supporting the Space-Comm Expo at ExCeL London.

Space-Comm is the UK’s leading event for the space industry with over 200 exhibitors, 120+ speakers and, 5,000 attendees.

Space-Comm Expo is the largest and most influential event for the UK space industry, attracting global leaders from NASA, the European Space Agency, the United Nations and delegates from across government, defence, aerospace and academia.

Farnborough International Space Show 2025 will see a new look Farnborough Space show and Space West can offer our cluster members the chance to share a stand at a much-reduced price. The event is taking place between 19-20 March 2025 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, and the event connects the global space community across industry, defence, government and academia.

It offers you the chance to meet with senior decision makers and active buyers across the space ecosystem. Please visit the brochure attached to find out more about the event. Exhibitor opportunity – Cost is £1,000 dependent on us getting a minimum of 4 businesses involved.  If interested please email Rebecca Huffee [email protected]

Farnborough International Space Show 2025 will see a new look Farnborough Space show and Space West can offer our cluster members the chance to share a stand at a much-reduced price. The event is taking place between 19-20 March 2025 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, and the event connects the global space community across industry, defence, government and academia. It offers you the chance to meet with senior decision makers and active buyers across the space ecosystem.

Please visit the brochure attached to find out more about the event. Exhibitor opportunity – Cost is £1,000 dependent on us getting a minimum of 4 businesses involved.  If interested please email Rebecca Huffee [email protected]

Space Symposium is the premier event uniting global space professionals from all sectors, providing a unique platform to explore critical space issues, foster dialogue, and drive innovation across the space industry.

Join the Department for Business and Trade and ADS Group Ltd at the 40th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, USA

Between April 7th and 10th, selected companies will have an opportunity to meet with supply chain representatives from Lockheed Martin Space, BAE Systems, Inc., and Maxar Technologies for B2B meetings covering a range of capabilities.

To learn more and apply email [email protected]. Deadline 6^th February

International conference, aiming to bring together academia, industry and other stake holders, such as fund-managers, scientific editors, and policy makers.

Space For Growth

Popular awareness of the direct impact that the space sector has on our daily lives is increasing and the UK Space Conference agenda for 2025 will reflect this. In July innovators and experts from a surprising range of sectors are convening because they understand the role that space plays in the next wave of human technological innovation. Join us to understand why working and investing in the UK Space Sector is critical for the next decade of renewal and economic growth. 

The Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP) is a £16 million programme to boost small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) defence innovation.

West of England Combined Authority are supporting businesses in the region to explore the benefits from the implementation of digital technologies. Providing access to grant funding, bespoke expertise and guidance for your business as well as skills and training.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

The Defence and Security Accelerator find and fund exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively. Check it out for open calls for funding. 

ESA's ARTES Core Competitiveness programme helps European and Canadian industry to develop innovative satcom products, services, systems and partnerships.

The South West Investment Fund is the first in a series of new Nations and Regions Investment Funds being launched by the British Business Bank, and it will deliver a £200 million commitment of new funding to the area. The fund aims to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunity for new and growing businesses across the South West.

Details on open funding opportunities from the UK Space Agency, the space sector, academic, education and community partners.

• Exploration Science working group support
• ARTES: Invitations To Tender (ESA Workplan Activities) 
• Navigation Innovation Support Programme (NavISP)
• Student support: ESA microgravity programmes
• Responsive Mode Call - Exploration Community Development
• General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)

Opportunities for secondments at NCSC advisor roles for  Radio Frequency security and Private Critical National Infrastructure secondments.

A three-year initiative to boost Future Economy-focused SMEs through aligning grant funding for R&D development with investment from partnerships with credible investor partners

ICOMAT is an ambitious advanced manufacturing company with game changing technology and critically people with the imagination and drive to grow a business that will enable leading OEMs in the Aeronautics, Automotive Space and Defence sectors to significantly reduce the weight and improve the performance and efficiency of their vehicles & products. 

Starion UK, now headquartered in Bath, is keen to recruit the best expertise to deliver space segment and ground segment systems and studies. Whilst there is not currently a recruitment campaign underway, we welcome CV’s from those seeking roles in these areas. 

Space Forge is extraordinarily diverse team of incredibly talented people dedicated to making returnable, reusable orbital factories a reality. From our team lunches to our team ownership, Space Forge is building the company others aspire theirs to be. So if you’ve got the right stuff (and really know your stuff), then why wait?

Looking for a new opportunity and would like to join one of the UK’s most exciting space startups?
Linked are current vacancies with Magdrive. If there isn’t anything that is a perfect fit for you and you would like to make a speculative enquiry, then please send your CV to [email protected]

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