Space Industry Analysis
Nov 05, 2019
Virgin Galactic sees service starting next year and a fleet of five spaceships within five years. Meanwhile, investors and future customers continue to line up.
Nov 04, 2019
Heritage aerospace primes Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to work under startup Blue Origin in quest to get NASA to the Moon in 2024.
Nov 04, 2019
Airbus backs advanced batteries; VoloDrone; Seaplane becomes ePlane; DARPA’s launch conundrum; GE-powered drone; pilots and drones; Uber Eats’ drone delivers.
Nov 01, 2019
AIM-120 test gear upgrade, integrating space launches, Airbus investing in advanced battery developer Amprius and more. A roundup of space, aerospace and defense news.
Nov 01, 2019
October 2019 may go down in history as a New Space turning point: the first publicly traded human spaceflight company and the first space holding company.
Oct 31, 2019
Taiwan approves F-16 buy, an expanded role is foreseen for future lunar explorers. four companies are to demo space-based sensor for MDA, Volocopter enters unmanned cargo aircraft market and more. A roundup of space, aerospace and defense news.
Jan 26, 2023
Space startups raised a record-setting $550 million in private and public capital and grant funding during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
Jan 26, 2023
The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.
Jan 25, 2023
It was Rocket Lab’s first from the Wallops Island facility, opening a new venue for the Electron rocket and marking a new beginning for the Virginia spaceport.
Jan 24, 2023
It is time to complete space programs that have been long-standing thorns in the side of the U.S. military, a U.S. Air Force official says.
Jan 24, 2023
Despite technical glitches, Ariane 6’s final test campaign is now well underway.
Jan 24, 2023
Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.
Jan 24, 2023
The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.
Jan 24, 2023
Once returned to Earth in 2033, the samples will join those gathered by the Apollo astronauts at the Moon and those from other destinations.