Synspective releases image from its small SAR satellite “StriX-ß” that captures 3 cities around the world

Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its image from its second SAR satellite, “StriX-ß”.

“StriX-ß” was launched by Rocket Lab‘s Electron from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula launch site on March 1, 2022 (JST) and put into target orbit at an altitude of 561km in a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Since then, it has been operating effectively and has imaged cities around the world, including in Manila, Philippines, Brasilia, Brazil, and Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Future prospect

We are going to launch our commercial prototype “StriX-1” later this year. As a result, we will further accelerate the improvement of operation technology for multiple satellites, strengthen data services, and advance analysis technology.

We are also going to launch three more SAR satellites in 2023. We are aiming to build a constellation of 30 SAR satellites by around 2026, making it possible to observe natural disasters occurring anywhere in the world within 2 hours (within 24 hours with six satellites). Furthermore, we are developing a solution that automatically analyses the satellite data and realises an early understanding of the situation in the event of a disaster. In addition to the constellation, we intend to dramatically improve the world’s disaster response capabilities.

Dr. Motoyuki Arai, founder/CEO of Synspective Inc., says “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Synspective members and everyone who participated in the successful data acquisition from our second demonstration SAR Satellite, “StriX-ß”. With the successful launch, orbit insertion, and image acquisition of the “StriX-ß”, Synspective will have two satellites in space (including “StriX-a” launched in 2020) and we are making great strides toward establishing a full constellation. The subsequent “StriX-1″ is already undergoing testing and preparations for launch, and we are beginning to shift from technology verification to business expansion.”

The need for SAR satellite data and solutions has increased over the last few years in the area of infrastructure development, disaster mitigation, and security. We will respond promptly to these needs and continue to strive toward realising a “learning world”.

Toshihiro Obata, board director/general manager of satellite system development dept., Synspective Inc., says “We all are pleased that the process from the successful launch and orbit insertion on March 1 to the image acquisition has been very smooth and consistent, and we would like to thank everyone who participated in this project.”

Moving forward, the challenges will change, from the technical challenge of developing a small SAR satellite to establishing a business by improving the quality of service provision to customers and building systems and processes aimed at producing a large number of aircraft. We will cooperate with many colleagues and partners and make further efforts in areas that go beyond the conventional concept of space development, so please look forward to it.

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Advanced IIoT gateways with Azure IoT edge integration for remote management at unmanned sites

When embracing the new era of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), many system integrators and engineers face the critical challenge of finding a secure and reliable IIoT-gateway solution that offers regular security patches to remedy system vulnerabilities in a timely manner. Moxa’s newly launched AIG-300 Series IIoT gateways come with Azure IoT Edge integration that adds significant value in the form of features that help build a cost- and time-efficient IIoT system.

IIoT gateways need to be highly secure and reliable to facilitate edge-to-cloud data acquisition and device management. The AIG-300 IIoT gateway, integrated with Azure IoT Edge and powered by ThingsPro, is a solution for reliable, quick, and easy data acquisition and device management. Data collected from devices can be transferred to Azure IoT Edge and then on to the Azure IoT Hub with a few simple configuration steps. Conversely, devices can be effectively managed via the route of Azure IoT Hub to the Azure IoT Edge on the AIG series IIoT gateways. This one-stop edge-to-cloud platform can greatly help customers shrink the system development time and cost.

Device provisioning made easier and the bootup process safer than ever before

Most IIoT applications are deployed in remote, unmanned, and harsh environments such as a smart grid, energy storage systems, solar fields, oil and gas refineries, and rail-wayside applications. Maintaining normal operations and monitoring statuses effectively is crucial to these systems. The AIG series gateways, with their wide-temperature design and low power consumption, are well-suited for use in these environments.

With capabilities such are resume file transmission, over-the-air (OTA) upgrades, and Secure Boot, the AIG series gateways, located in remote sites, can be upgraded, and maintained to ensure their continuous availability and effectively protected against cyberattacks. To avoid disconnections during device crashes and sudden shutdowns, the AIG series comes with built-in recovery functions to enable rollback to the previous stable version of the firmware for uninterrupted network connectivity at remote sites. When a software upgrade fails, the gateways will automatically revert to the software version in the backup, ensuring system stability. A ThingsPro tool simplifies the provisioning process by enabling bulk provisioning of IIoT gateways and performing remote software upgrades.

AIG-300 series highlights

• Advanced IIoT gateways with Arm Cortex-A7 dual-core 1 GHz processor, 1 CAN port, 4 DIs, 4 DOs, -40 to 70°C operating temperature
• Simplify data acquisition and device management
• Powered by ThingsPro and integration with Azure IoT Edge to enable easy, reliable, yet secure cloud connectivity
• Support easy device provisioning
• Provide robust OTA function to prevent system failure during software upgrades
• Equipped with Secure Boot to prevent malicious code execution and software injection attacks

For product information and technical specifications of the AIG Series IIoT gateways, visit the product page.

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Software AG supports the Schwarz Group with webMethods in the cloud era

Darmstadt, Germany – In a rapidly changing world, companies rely on having the ability to connect systems and applications consistently. With webMethods, Software AG gives businesses an open platform for building modern IT architectures and digital ecosystems. This ensures that the system landscape always keeps pace with ongoing development of the individual business model and paves the way for innovations.

Software AG uses containerisation to enable their customers to use the webMethods integration portfolio with even greater flexibility. Companies can run the required solutions in their own cloud environment as needed. In addition, using microservices developed and provided via the webMethods platform also strengthens the efficiency and resilience of the individual process landscape.

One of the retailers, the Schwarz Group, has also chosen the technology from Darmstadt. The Schwarz Group includes the companies Lidl, Kaufland, PreZero and Schwarz Produktion. Over the last ten years, Software AG has supported the Schwarz Group as a central integration partner in an on-premises world. In the meantime, cloud technology is also playing an increasingly important role for the retailer.

Exploiting full potential through microservices

Software AG delivers a strategic platform that successfully supports the Schwarz Group in the cloud, with containerisation and microservices in a subscription model.

This further modernises the group’s integration landscape. With the help of Software AG, the Schwarz Group enjoys greater flexibility while maintaining particularly resilient and efficient processes for sharing data within its globally active company.

“The example of the Schwarz Group shows very clearly that we support our customers through all of the development phases and we grow together with them and their needs. The Schwarz Group is using webMethods’ containerisation on its journey in the cloud and unleashing its potential,” states Thomas Alberti, managing director of SAG Deutschland GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Software AG, and senior vice president of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In that context, Alberti points out the special role that microservices play in the implementation of a highly dynamic IT infrastructure. “Instead of a centrally installed instance where the capacities are exhausted at some point, customers can draw on unlimited resources by using microservices.”

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umlaut launches ‘5G campus lab’, an open RAN private network to speed development of connectivity solutions

Aachen, Germany. 30 June 2022 – umlaut, part of Accenture, has opened a private 5G standalone, Open RAN network in Aachen, Germany. The “5G Campus Lab” enables companies across industries to design, test and implement ultra-high-speed and low-latency connectivity solutions faster without having to invest in building their own network.

Powerful wireless connectivity is becoming increasingly important as companies are heading towards a total enterprise reinvention, which will transform every part of their business through technology, data and artificial intelligence. Some examples of this transformation include connected vehicles and bringing robotics and cloud-based automation solutions to factories, which will generate massive amounts of data and put enormous pressure on data networks.

The 5G campus lab offers the following capabilities and services:

  • Companies can validate their existing 5G use cases to identify and resolve issues up-front, such as ensuring that different end-devices and sensors work smoothly together. They can go hand-on without having to set up their own private 5G networks, which are costly to build and usually require obtaining a license from network authorities.
  • Companies can experiment with umlaut’s use cases. These include but aren’t limited to the following areas: smart manufacturing, including process automation and predictive maintenance; telemedicine with a digitised rescue chain; software-defined vehicles; and real-time augmented reality for digital twins.
  • With its holistic engineering and industry expertise, umlaut helps companies develop and deploy new individual 5G use cases, which leverag technologies, apply security-by-design, and support energy efficiency.
  • umlaut supports clients looking to build their own private network with its deep understanding of the challenges behind the integration and interoperability of network devices and technologies such as Open RAN.

The 5G Campus Lab covers indoor and outdoor areas and provides 100 MHz of C-Band spectrum. As a 5G standalone network, it doesn’t require LTE technology for signaling and information transfer. It is supported by Open RAN, an emerging technology using open interfaces that allow for the communication of software and hardware components from different vendors, enabling innovative wireless solutions at low costs.

Hakan Ekmen, CEO Telecommunication at umlaut, says, “5G is a key enabler of smart connected products and manufacturing. Our 5G Campus Lab is the ideal testing ground for companies wanting to capitalise on latest wireless connectivity technologies, cloud-based Open RAN virtualised infrastructure, and massive Multi-Input, Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas.”

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Libelium continues to grow with the acquisition of HOPU, a company dedicated to air quality control for smart cities

Saragossa, Spain. 28 June 2022 – Libelium has acquired HOP UBIQUITOUS SL (HOPU), dedicated to environmental, meteorological and noise monitoring solutions for Smart Cities.

The operation is part of the growth plan that Libelium initiated following Axon Partners´ establishment as shareholders. This purchase is another step in Libelium’s strategy to lead the IoT market with a focus on three major verticals: Smart Cities, Sustainability and Agrifood, with a staff of over 80 highly qualified people.

HOPU has worked with more than 100 cities and customers and has more than 700 devices deployed in Spain and Europe. They are highly competitive in their sector, which has positioned them as a valuable collaborator for partners such as Telefonica, Suez, SICE, Abertis, Cibernos, Signify (Philips), NUNSYS and Televes, among many others. The company enriches Libelium’s technological portfolio and know-how in the Smart Cities & Infrastructure and Sustainability families.

HOPU has experienced significant growth in recent years. Libelium was not the only investment offer that the company from Murcia had on the table, but the shared values, the outstanding positioning of Libelium in the national and international IoT market and its ambitious corporate structure, with an eye on the future IPO, were persuasive benefits to opt for this collaboration.

In the context of this purchase, Alicia Asin, CEO of Libelium, comments that “Libelium formalises a great alliance through the acquisition of the Murcian company HOPU and reaches a new business milestone in its growth plan. I absolutely identify with HOPU as a company, its leadership style, its organisation, its drive and its focus on product and service quality”.

For his part, Antonio J. Jara, general manager of the smart cities business unit, indicates that “beyond the fact that Libelium is a benchmark and the high compatibility of both companies, we seek to strengthen a highly segmented market, generate value from Spain and join a business project for growth hand in hand with AXON Partners”.

With this acquisition, Libelium becomes stronger and Alicia Asín will continue to be its CEO. The group will now have three locations, two in Zaragoza (headquarters in the World Trade Centre Building and the logistics warehouse on Calle Gutenberg) and one in Ceuti, Murcia. For commercial purposes, the Smart Cities Business Unit will be headed by Antonio J. Jara, former CEO of HOPU. This structure lays the organisational foundations for integrating future acquisitions.

Staff from the different Libelium offices in Murcia and Zaragoza have already held numerous joint work sessions to establish the new synergies and strengthen the union between the two teams.

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Infineon to strengthen its expertise as IoT solution provider by acquiring verification expert NoBug

Munich, Germany, and Bucharest, Romania. 1 July 2022 – Infineon Technologies acquired NoBug Consulting SRL (Romania) and NoBug d.o.o. (Serbia). Founded in 1998, NoBug is a privately owned engineering company providing verification and design services for all the digital functionalities of semiconductor products. With approximately 120 engineers, NoBug Consulting SRL and NoBug d.o.o. are represented in Bucharest, Brașov, Iași (all Romania) and Belgrade (Serbia).

By adding these R&D competence centres, Infineon is further accelerating the ability of its Connected Secure Systems (CSS) Division to work on complex IoT product developments. Thus, Infineon is building the basis for the IoT infrastructure of the future, enabling cybersecurity, AI and machine learning as well as robust connectivity. “We are looking for the highest-skilled experts to grow our IoT business,” says Thomas Rosteck, president of Infineon’s Division CSS. “Therefore, Romania and Serbia are the locations of choice for expanding our R&D activities in Eastern Europe.”

Together, NoBug and Infineon are now perfectly equipped to tackle this growing market: While Infineon delivers a comprehensive IoT portfolio, NoBug brings along specialised expertise in the digital verification of complex System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions. “This considerable increase in superior verification know-how lets Infineon offer its customers more of its products at a reduced time-to-market,” says Guenter Krasser, vice president and managing director of Infineon Romania.

“The acquisition will also further bolster Infineon Romania as a growth location for R&D in Europe and opens up ample new development opportunities for our engineers.” Now with over 500 R&D engineers, Infineon Romania holds R&D ownership in a variety of Infineon’s product segments. The Development Centre in Bucharest was founded in 2005 and has become one of Infineon’s largest R&D centres in Europe.

The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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ETSI and MIPI Alliance announce incorporation of MIPI I3C Basic into ETSI smart secure platform

Piscataway, United States and Sophia Antipolis, France. 30 June, 2022 – The MIPI Alliance, an international organisation that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile influenced industries, and ETSI technical committee secure element technologies (TC SET) announced the adoption of the I3C Interface for SSP (ETSI TS 103 818) specification, allowing the MIPI I3C Basic specification to serve as a physical and logical link layer for the ETSI smart secure platform (SSP).

The I3C interface for SSP joins the family of specifications that underpin the ETSI SSP, the next generation platform for universal subscriber identity module (USIM) and secure elements to meet new market requirements driven by emerging internet of things (IoT), 5G and other security sensitive applications.

The use of the MIPI I3C Basic bus specification provides the ETSI SSP with a multitude of benefits, such as higher data rate, flexible and efficient information exchange, and strong integration of SSP in connected devices – all while decreasing power consumption.

The ETSI SSP is a highly secure, scalable and, thus, cost efficient solution optimised to fit many requirements of security sensitive market sectors, from 5G/6G network authentication and IoT applications, up to complex solutions. The SSP specifications define an open platform for multiple applications with various physical interfaces and form factors, a new flexible file system, and built in capabilities to support several authentication methods, as well as features such as toolkit or a contactless interface defined for the universal integrated circuit card (UICC). ETSI SET has already published six technical specifications and two test specifications related to SSP.

The I3C Interface for SSP (ETSI TS 103 818) adds I3C Basic as one of the possible physical interfaces, in addition to I2C, SPI and ISO 7816. The I3C Basic interface will allow faster communication, a much simplified transfer of data (especially for longer sequences), a robust data error detection and recovery mechanism, and device discovery capability. Thanks to the multidrop configuration of the MIPI I3C Basic bus, the SSP will become accessible to all devices connected to the bus that can benefit from security services that the SSP may offer.

The definition of I3C as a new additional interface to the Smart Secure Platform will greatly help the adoption of the SSP as the new standard secure platform for mobile devices,” says Denis Praca, chair of the ETSI TC SET. “MIPI I3C Basic’s capabilities and wide adoption, added to the power and flexibility of the SSP, offer the right combination for being the successor to the UICC.”

Originally introduced in 2016, MIPI I3C is a scalable, medium speed, utility and control bus interface designed as the successor to I2C. The MIPI specification incorporates key attributes of the traditional I2C and SPI interfaces to provide a unified, high-performing, very low power solution for connecting peripherals to a processor in a wide range of applications, including mobile, IoT, server environments and automotive applications. In these ways, I3C delivers a robust, flexible upgrade path for I2C and SPI implementers. Bundling the features most commonly needed by developers and other standards organisations, MIPI I3C Basic is a publicly available subset of the full I3C specification that also has been adopted in JEDEC’s sideband bus and DDR5 standards.

“MIPI Alliance is very pleased that ETSI TC SET has chosen to adopt I3C Basic as one of the possible interfaces of the SSP. This is a major milestone for industry adoption, as well as significant recognition of I3C Basic’s differentiating characteristics—​​reduced pin count and signal paths, high performance, low power and EMI (electromagnetic interference) and backward compatibility with I2C,” says Sanjiv Desai, chair of MIPI Alliance. “The I3C and I3C Basic specifications are the result of extensive multi-year industry collaboration, and they continue to be enhanced to meet the needs of liaison organisations and their respective ecosystems.”

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PETRONAS Lubricants International celebrates partnership with CNH Industrial brands with development of new and improved lubricants

London, United Kingdom. 30 June, 2022 – PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI) has renewed its partnership with celebrated makers of agricultural and construction equipment, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture and CASE Construction and New Holland Construction, to announce new products to its already successful PETRONAS Tutela, Akcela & Ambra multi-traction ranges.

The longstanding partnership between PLI and CNH Industrial has been powering the company’s brand’s hard working equipment, with great technical output, with their expertly made Ambra and Akcela lubricants which are specifically designed to ensure all CNH Industrial machinery can perform to its highest standard, even whilst under extreme pressure. Akcela is also the recommended lubricant for STEYR tractors. The shared expertise of engineers and scientists from both PETRONAS and CNH Industrial have produced this high tech lubricant designed to surpass the top performance requirements throughout the agricultural and construction machinery industries.

Launching from April 2022, PLI has now announced an updated range of PETRONAS Tutela, Ambra and Akcela products, specifically for the use on CNH Industrial’s brands machinery. The new PETRONAS Tutela CNH Industrial products will also include the well known professional co branded packaging; that further strengthens the relationship between the two companies.

The new product ranges will include updated and improved CNH Industrial specifications for the gear, hydraulic and grease solutions. These products underwent significant clutch friction testing in order to meet new performance requirements from CNH Industrial at their in-house facility. The new fluids were tested against a base line of twelve different friction materials, resulting in rationalisation and simplification of both hydraulic and gear oils. As the officially recommended range, PETRONAS scientists work in close collaboration with the CNH Industrial team at the santena global research & technology centre to co engineer lubricants that keep equipment thriving through long hours, extreme temperatures and tough terrain.

Equipment produced by CNH Industrial often works in extreme conditions year round, and must always deliver. PETRONAS and CNH Industrial are committed to preventing costly maintenance, giving their customers peace of mind to do their jobs with confidence.

Domenico Ciaglia, regional managing director EMEA, PLI, says “We are proud to celebrate over 25 years of collaboration with CNH Industrial, and also to continue to develop and expand our partnership with our innovative new range of PETRONAS Tutela, Ambra and Akcela oils. Together, we will further enhance the performance and dependability of CNH Industrial Agriculture and Construction machinery and continue to be the recommended lubricants solution.”

Rosella Risso, vice president agriculture – global parts & service, CNH Industrial, says “PETRONAS has been a long-term partner for CNH Industrial.  Our teams of researchers, scientists and mechanics have been working together for decades, and as a result of our successful collaboration, we continue to create even better products. As our machines develop, the lubricant solutions do as well, and we are excited to be expanding our range with PETRONAS to ensure our machines deliver ultimate performance.”

The new PETRONAS Tutela, Ambra and Akcela products, recommended for CNH Industrial, are now available and will be gradually introduced to machines throughout the rest of the year.

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