CANEUS NPS Among the 7 Pilot Projects Selected for the Workshops

·        Nano/Pico-Satellite for Defense and Civilian Applications

·        MNT Based Harsh Environment Sensors

·        Reliability Testing of Micro-Sensors, Micro-Actuators and Micro-Switches

·        Nano-composite Materials: For Thermal and Load Bearing Applications

·        Micro-energetic 

·        Aircraft/Spacecraft Structural Health Monitoring System

·        MNT-based Sensors for Astronaut Health Monitoring and Environmental Control

GMI, USA provides crucial support to CANEUS NPS

We should all be proud that our CANEUS organization is providing leadership to the world in the economically strategic area of Nanotechnology for Aerospace applications.  CANEUS-NPS is the first of many planned projects to be launched. Thanks to the untiring efforts of many of our members, CANEUS-NPS will demonstrate the CANEUS philosophy of finding a rapid and cost-effective means to bridging the technology development “Valley of Death” faced by MNT. CANEUS-NPS is a commercial venture aimed at producing low cost, MNT-enabled satellites for a number of applications, including Earth observation.

The events of the last few weeks, including the endorsement of the US Air Force as an End User and the potential funding from the Government of Canada, help to bring us closer to our goal of launching this unique undertaking.

Although the foundations of these efforts were laid by several of our founding CANEUS colleagues, in particular Dr. Thomas George, we are now privileged and honored to have the GMI, represented particularly by Rick Earles, Walt Merrill, and Eric Bobinsky, as a key partner in our marketing efforts and in supporting the CANEUS NPS  business model.

In the weeks ahead, we hope to benefit greatly from the skills and efforts of CANEUS colleagues from the three regions, in identifying possible missions and payloads for CANEUS NPS Nano and Pico Satellites. 

CANEUS NPS receives endorsement from US-AFRL

CANEUS NPS, ÅAC Sweden, Swedish Defense Procurement Agency (FMV), US Air Force (Headquarters), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Albuquerque have agreed to collaborate in the design, build, and launch of nano-satellites.  This agreement will highlight the specific areas of collaboration and formulate the launch program.  Two approaches are under consideration.  The first uses the NPS platform for in-flight validation, and is targeted for launch in the December 2007 and 2009 time period.  The second is a follow-up to the TacSat “4” or “5” based on the Earth Intelligence System, “EIS,” and is targeted for launch in 2011.  

With the endorsement by the AFRL, we have reached a significant milestone with this project.  The AFRL has agreed that the technology showcased with CANEUS NPS is state of the art and of interest to the Air Force as an end user / collaborator