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Delft-based FSO Instruments and partners will develop a satellite for the Dutch Armed Forces to be launched in 2027. The PAMI-1 will support intelligence gathering for the Netherlands by offering a ...

Jack Leijssen’s cradle literally stood on the High Tech Campus – he was born on one of the farms on the land where the Natlab emerged in the 1960s and an environment for open innovation developed ...

Now is not the right time for you to change jobs To get right to the point: yes, it does come down to that. Still, I think you should count your blessings. I know countless Russian engineers at ...

Gina Raimondo at the World Economic Forum in 2022. Credit: WEF via Flickr Raimondo stressed the need to further tighten export controls. “We’re a couple of years ahead of China. No way are we going to ...

One of the typical patterns I experience a lot when working with companies on digitalization is the claim that they have all the data in the world. They can just pick what they want from the candy ...

Eindhoven-based medtech developer Sirius Medical has announced the successful closing of a series B round, raising 12 million euros in additional funding. The money is earmarked to accelerate the ...

For almost all of human history, we lived in scarcity. We lacked food, housing and safety and lived in small communities that could easily be wiped out by competing tribes. It’s hard to imagine for ...

Eindhoven-based integrated-photonics company Effect Photonics has secured 40 million euros in additional funding. The capital comes from a group of investors led by Invest-NL and Innovation Industries ...

Europe’s quantum technology ecosystem is “showing strong signs of growth,” according to a study published by the European Commission. Called “Taking the lead in the quantum revolution,” the report ...

Dutch export controls would affect the economic interests of other countries, as ASML cultivates an extensive supply network abroad. Schreinemacher likely also wants to prevent suppliers to start ...

Nexperia has hired US and UK legal counsel to challenge the British government’s decision to block the takeover of the Newport Wafer Fab in Wales. In addition to British barrister Lord Pannick, the ...