Space Industry Analysis

Apr 26, 2023
Aviation Week editors talk about the aftermath of the Starship test and the future of commercial and military space launches.
Apr 26, 2023
Turkish trainer flies; a look at two U.S. Space Force programs; Rocket Lab’s hypersonic test and Biden picks new Army chief.
Apr 24, 2023
Boeing’s global search for engineering talent has spawned a lawsuit in Brazil over alleged damage to national security.
Apr 21, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 21, 2023
Contenders take different approaches to challenges of lunar rover design as NASA contest nears new stage.
Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX promised its first integrated flight test of a Starship/Super Heavy vehicle would be “excitement guaranteed.” On that, it certainly delivered.
Oct 31, 2023
Sierra Space is poised to deliver the first Dream Chaser spaceplane from its site near Denver to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio.
Oct 31, 2023
A privately owned lunar lander slated to fly aboard the first United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket arrived in Florida on Oct. 30 for launch preparations.
Oct 31, 2023
An upcoming resupply mission to the International Space Station will include payload for an effort to bioprint heart tissue.
Oct 31, 2023
The Space Force has assigned 21 launches for fiscal 2024 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch service procurement contract.
Oct 31, 2023
Sidus Space continues to shuffle its management with the departure of its chief technology officer, Jamie Adams, who was also a director on its board.
Oct 30, 2023
“We arrived at strategic business decisions regarding our spectrum allocation,” Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems, wrote.
Oct 30, 2023
Ship remote control service Seafar is integrating neXat, a satellite communications service, into its remote ship navigation technology.
Oct 30, 2023
Northrop Grumman and York will build another 100 data transport satellites under new $1.3 billion contracts from the Space Development Agency.