Southern England is fast becoming the UK’s launchpad for upstream space innovation, and the Made Smarter South-East programme is accelerating that trajectory for ambitious space SMEs. With £1.55 million in government funding and a powerful regional partnership behind it, Made Smarter South-East is transforming how manufacturing and engineering businesses, including those at the cutting edge of space build, satellite manufacture, payload, and sensor development, embrace digital technology.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central brings you, our space community, a curated list of exciting funding opportunities to support start-ups, SMEs and larger business across the South East.

The University of Portsmouth, in partnership with the universities of Southampton and Surrey, has received funding from the UK Space Agency to launch a new CPD course that tackles the sector skills gap in software, data and AI.

Projects involving five Space South Central organisations are to receive £2,125,000 in funding from the UK Space Agency’s early-stage technology programme to boost the UK’s Earth observation (EO) technologies and improve how space is used to understand and protect the planet.

Two projects from the Space South Central region are among nine from across the UK to get a share of £1.8 million in funding from the UK Space Agency’s Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP), to boost research and development into new and emerging space technologies.

Each month, Space South Central brings you, our space community, a curated list of exciting funding opportunities to support start-ups, SMEs and larger business across the South East.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

International space projects from three Space South Central organisations are getting a £3.5 million funding boost from the UK Space Agency’s International Bilateral Fund (IBF).

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will get £250,000 towards cutting edge facilities at its Guildford base after winning a project from the UK Space Agency’s Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund (SCIF).

Hampshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight’s thriving space sector is perfectly placed to capitalise on the government’s new Space Industrial Plan, released last week.

Each month, Space South Central aims to bring together a curated list of the latest and best funding opportunities for businesses working in the space sector across the South East.

Space South Central and the SETsquared Partnership have won UK Space Agency funding to run a free initiative to help high-potential space and space-related SMEs attract investment.