The European Space Agency (ESA) and six European space companies - Astrium, Alcatel Space, Alenia Spazio, Contraves, Dutch Space and Saab Ericsson - have launched a g50 million ($49 million) initiative to encourage the building of common, intelligent lightweight spacecraft systems that can be plugged into several types of craft. The "off-the-peg" initiative, called Devils - develop intelligent lightweight spacecraft - follows the use of common components on ESA's Integral, Mars Express, Newton, Rosetta and Venus Express missions. The first use of Devils is likely to be the Bepi Colombo Mercury mission.
Source: Flight International