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💧 AI for groundwater resilience: @mar2protect will present its new M-AI-R-DSS platform at an online event. 📅 27 October | 10:00–12:00 CET 📝 Register by 26 October witnews.eu/mar2protect-onlin… #MAR2PROTECT #WaterManagement
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📢 What if your shoes could guide you through the city? Blind and partially sighted Helsinki residents are testing @Ashirase_Inc , which uses vibrations around the feet to signal directions, leaving hands and ears free. Read more: witnews.eu/ashirase-navigati…
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🚀 Explore your future in space at Switch to Space 5! 🌕 Lunar exploration, career opportunities & networking. 📅 18 Nov 2026 | Brussels Read more: witnews.eu/switch-to-space-5… #SwitchToSpace #SpaceCareers
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🚀 @SpaceForest2 green flip control system reached TRL 5 within SALTO. The hybrid propulsion system underwent hot-fire testing to validate its ability to support flip manoeuvres for reusable launchers. Learn more: salto-project.eu/technologie…
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How can a reusable launcher’s landing leg withstand re-entry heat? For @projectsalto, MT Aerospace defined a cork shield’s shape, and Amorim Cork Solutions manufactured it. The shield is designed to protect the leg’s structure. Watch the collaboration behind the design.
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Light, strong and ready to deploy: landing legs are a key part of reusable launchers. For SALTO, MT Aerospace scaled an earlier prototype into a full-size landing leg demonstrator. Watch how the team approached the design. #SALTOproject
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EU-funded @NeoVasculo has selected EYE1118 as its lead compound for retinal vascular diseases. The preclinical approach combines oral compounds with the eye’s natural light environment, aiming to reduce treatment burden. Read more on WIT News: witnews.eu/neovasculostop-pr…
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EU-funded project SALTO consortium partner MT Aerospace develops an 18 m long dual tank for dedicated propellants (LOX and LCH4) in stainless steel for reusability and cost reduction purposes.
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MT Aerospace commonly with the other SALTO consortium partner @GTDsystems have developed an automated scaled erector demonstrator, which can be operated remotely to validate the improved functionalities. salto-project.eu/an-automate…
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EU-funded project SALTO consortium partners MT Aerospace and @GTDsystems have developed a scaled demonstrator to test the key functions. Watch the video to see how the team is testing launch-site operations on a smaller scale. More info: salto-project.eu
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Join the HAlMan Workshop to explore how AI/ML and metallurgical expertise can support more sustainable manganese production. 📅 30 September 2026 | 11:00–13:00 CET 💻 Online via Webex | Free to attend 🔗 Register: halman-project.eu/halman-wor…
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Meet MT Aerospace, a SALTO consortium partner. Its Augsburg team is working on technologies for reusable launchers, from thermal protection and landing legs to tanks and launch operations. Learn more: salto-project.eu
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📢 Submitting content to WIT News? From 2 August, new EU transparency rules require disclosure of certain AI-generated and AI-manipulated content. Please indicate for each submission whether AI has been used. Learn more: witnews.eu/new-ai-transparen…
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Europe's reusable launcher demonstrator Themis has successfully completed a flight chronology rehearsal at Esrange Space Center in Sweden, bringing the upcoming Hop Test one step closer. Test was conducted in the scope of EU-funded project SALTO. 📍salto-project.eu/themis-reus…
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EU-funded project @projectsalto consortium partner @SAFRAN has developed several technologies that will be used during the hop test - onboard shipset and one SDS COTS multi-module CMA. Learn more: salto-project.eu/technologie…
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We worked with the @halman_project team to turn a complex low-carbon manganese production process into an engaging interactive 3D experience. Explore the project: 🔗 witberry.eu/our-portfolio/ot…
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💡 How do you make complex metallurgy easy to understand? For the Horizon Europe project @halman_project , we created an interactive 3D experience that brings the process to life. 🔗 witberry.eu/our-portfolio/ot…
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SALTO project allows to optimize the development of a new generation of electromechanical actuators for Thrust Vector Control (TVC) is being developed, tackling some of the biggest challenges in modern launcher design.
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✈️ How is XR transforming aerospace vocational training? Read our latest blog post to explore the shift from simple immersion to true skill competence, using adaptive XR and simulations to prepare the next generation of technicians safely and efficiently. motivatexr.eu/xr-in-aerospac…
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✈️Just a few days until we touch down in Leiden, Netherlands for the European Congress of Conservation Biology (#ECCB2026), running July 6-10! Swing by Pensoft's booth #10 to chat with us about all things publishing - we'd love to meet you. Learn more: ibe.pensoft.net/news/1260
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