SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) is a UK program managed by the University of Leicester. It supports the growth of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) by providing them access to expertise and facilities at top UK space universities. SPRINT helps businesses develop new products and services through the commercial exploitation of space data and technologies. It partners with universities, industry, government agencies, and the investment community, receiving funding from Research England and the UK Space Agency.
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The team’s approach aims to set the SPRINT program on the path to successful flight and demonstrate capabilities for air mobility and Special Operations Forces (SOF) missions.
The aircraft is being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT).
The SPRINT program aims to design, build, and fly an X-plane to demonstrate technologies and concepts that enable a combination of aircraft speed and runway independence.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 AFRL SPRINT award to develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 Air Force Research Laboratory SPRINT award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
Benchmark Space Systems received a two-year, $2,810,000 AFRL SPRINT award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT fuel.
The first phase of the SCOUT exercises will begin in mid-2022 and will be spread over a few months as a cycle of rapid sprint discovery events leading to a Phase 2 main experimentation event.
The first phase of the SCOUT exercises will begin mid-2022 and will run over a period of 3–6 months as a cycle of rapid sprint discovery events leading to a Phase 2 main experimentation event.
The first SPRINT reflectors will equip Inmarsat, Optus, Intelsat, and SKY Perfect JSAT satellites produced by Airbus.
T-Mobile extracted high performance from the 2.5 gigahertz spectrum that it acquired with Sprint.
SPRINT provides businesses in the UK with funded access to universities with space expertise and facilities.
The SPRINT programme provides small businesses with funded access to expertise from the UK’s top space universities to support development of new space-enabled products and services.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division approved the Sprint–T-Mobile merger conditional on divesting some prepaid mobile business to Dish Network.