Space Industry Analysis
Dec 20, 2019
Following a GAO ruling, the Air Force will have to be more strategic in pairing up best offerings for launch service contracts.
Dec 19, 2019
Virgin Galactic conducts sole U.S. human spaceflight in 2019.
Dec 19, 2019
After transferring production technology to OneWeb Satellites’ plant in Florida, Airbus is looking for other applications.
Dec 18, 2019
Rocket Lab looks for up to a dozen payload launches a year, while the spaceport is in talks to bring in more launch providers.
Dec 13, 2019
Lockheed tests ground-launched long-range missile; Japan to keep making F-35s; Space Fence nears start of ops; NATO training center opens
Dec 12, 2019
UH-60M acquisition likely precedes full Croatian ‘Hip’ replacement, Stratolaunch announces plans to become a high-speed testbed provider, Serbia adds Russian Mi-35Ms to helo fleet, unveiled missile defense for mid-cabin bizjets, Blue Origin's new Shepard aces 12th suborbital flight and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
Feb 17, 2023
NASA is seeking commercial space station design feedback from the U.S. aerospace industry on two fronts.
Feb 16, 2023
NASA has launched a two-phase crowdsourcing competition to develop a Mars virtual reality testbed to help prepare for human expeditions there.
Feb 16, 2023
European countries need to “reconverge” their space efforts, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said as he reported lower profits for Airbus' Defense and Space unit.
Feb 16, 2023
Virgin Galactic completed the first test flight of the VMS Eve carrier aircraft at Mojave, California, on Feb. 15.
Feb 15, 2023
Astranis has won a contract to show its software-defined radio-satellite payload can transmit the Defense Department’s Protected Tactical Wave.
Feb 15, 2023
The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary spacecraft is expanding its studies at Mars to include flybys of the planet’s small outer moon, Deimos.
Feb 15, 2023
Babcock will manage and operate the UK Defense Ministry’s communication satellite constellation Skynet, winning out against competition from Airbus and others.
Feb 15, 2023
Virgin Orbit believes it has identified what caused the premature shut down of LauncherOne’s second-stage Newton 4 engine over the Atlantic.