Sarex , a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation that uses aerial photography to improve telecoms services, was awarded the highest number of points of any startup at the culmination of the first MTS StartUp Hub, an accelerator programme organised by the Russian...
Two nanosatellites made by Skolkovo resident Sputnix were launched into outer space on Wednesday by cosmonauts during a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). The launch of SiriusSat-1. Video: Sputnix. The SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat...
Apis Cor, the parent company of Skolkovo resident Apis-Cor Engineering , has won fourth place in a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat that could be built on Mars. SEArch+/Apis Cor's design provides maximum radiation protection from galactic...
A Skoltech -led team of international scientists has developed a mathematical model that makes sense of one of the great mysteries that have long perplexed researchers of Saturn’s rings, and published the results of the research in the scientific journal...
Sputnix , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation that makes hi-tech microsatellite components and services, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Far Eastern Federal University ( FEFA ) on educational scientific work to create and operate small...
Skolkovo resident Hoversurf has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai police after demonstrating its Scorpion flying motorbike at the GITEX technology week in Dubai. Hoversurf demonstrates its human-carrying drone in Dubai this week. Video...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with Russian Space Systems, a major designer and producer of space technology, at the MAKS international aviation and space salon on Wednesday. Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to...
Frontline Avionics , a Skolkovo resident startup that makes avionics for ultralight and experimental aircraft, has entered into partnership with M-14P, Incorporated , a family firm in Arizona that specializes in repairing and servicing Russian M14-P engines...
A new English-language journal titled REACH – Reviews in Human Space Exploration was launched at the end of last month with Rupert Gerzer, a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , as its editor-in-chief. Professor Rupert...
3D Bioprinting Solutions , a resident company of the Skolkovo Foundation that made headlines last year when it printed the world’s first functional thyroid construct for a mouse, is to make a 3D bioprinter for printing tissue and organ constructs on board...
Young IT specialists will turn their hand to battling the forest fires that have ravaged Russia in recent summers by gathering this weekend for a hackathon aimed at developing technology to monitor their outbreak. An emergency worker battling a blaze...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ) have signed a research cooperation agreement that will allow Skoltech to take part in real space experiments. Hansjörg Dittus (left) and Rupert...
Two partnership agreements were announced at the opening of the Startup Village at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Thursday: one with the Chinese company Kunshan Nano New Material, which makes glass for Apple products, and one with Russian mobile operator...
A 3D printer for use in space is the end goal of a joint project between two residents of the Skolkovo Foundation – the companies Sputnix and Anisoprint – and Moscow Polytechnic University. Fyodor Antonov, director of Anisoprint., a resident...
Moscow buses began testing a new information system for passengers this week that along with details of the route, estimated arrival times and news also presents information about places of interest as the bus passes them. Vadim Mokhov, head of RosInnovation...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cast his eye over innovations from residents of the Skolkovo Foundation this week at the Russian Arms Expo in Nizhny Tagil. Belyakov, left, showing Medvedev the Skolkovo stand. Photo: sk.ru Medvedev, who created...
The Skolkovo Foundation is out in force at this year’s MAKS air show, one of the aviation industry’s biggest events with companies from 30 countries around the world taking part. Twelve of the 584 Russian enterprises exhibiting their products...
The president of Boeing for Russia and the CIS says the aviation giant’s research center at Skolkovo should be up and running by the end of the year. President of Boeing for Russia.CIS Sergei Kravchenko. Photo: sk.ru Boeing is a key partner...
The R&D spinoff of Dauria Aerospace, Russia’s first private space firm, is to receive 60 million rubles from the investment arm of state corporation Vnesheconombank under a deal signed Tuesday at Startup Village. Morozov, left, and Ivanov. Photo...
Russia’s top Earth-monitoring company ScanEx has signed a deal with the Skolkovo Foundation to base a 250 million ruble R&D center at the Innovation Center. ScanEx, operating since 1989, offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition...
Sergei Krikalev, the man who has spent the most time in space at 803 days, has joined the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology as a professor of practice. Krikalev giving a talk at Skoltech as a guest in September. Photo: sk.ru Krikalev...
The Skolkovo Foundation on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement with United Space Rocket Corporation that will give startups access to Russia’s premier space exploration and development entity. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Open...
Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg has wrapped up a board meeting in India by inviting the country’s startups to take part in Russia’s top innovations project, ITAR-Tass reported Friday. Vekselberg, one of Russia’s top entrepreneurs...
On June 27 this year the GIFAS Association, the biggest European alliance of aerospace companies, held a meeting with the top management and residents of the Space and Telecommunications Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation. The encounter had rather...