Ireland’s First European Space Agency ‘Phi-Lab’ opens in Mullingar

Ruth Mackey of Mbryonics, Aubrey Dunne of Ubotica, enterprise minister Peter Burke, Dietmar Pilz, ESA, Philip Thomas, ESA, and Barry Kennedy, IMR at the official opening of the European Space Agency ‘Phi-Lab’, in Mullingar. Picture: Patrick Browne

A company using AI technology for maritime intelligence and surveillance is one of two firms to be supported by Ireland’s first European Space Agency (ESA) commercial laboratory.

The ESA ‘Phi-Lab’ was officially opened at Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, by enterprise minister Peter Burke.