Aerospace

“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”

Satellite manufacturer Airbus Defense and Space has committed to one launch and an undisclosed number of optional launches with Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum micro-launcher.

Space situational awareness startup LeoLabs has declared its fourth space radar site fully operational in Costa Rica.

Bye Aerospace has launched development of the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric competitor to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop.

UK startup Satellite Vu has raised £3.6 million ($5 million) in seed funding to begin building a thermal-imaging satellite constellation that will be able to measure the energy efficiency of any building in the world from low Earth orbit.

Spire Global is to build a second smallsat to monitor microdebris in low Earth orbit with funding from Austrian new-space investor Findus Venture.

European industry is finally within reach of beginning development on a MALE UAS to compete with offerings from U.S. and Israel.

General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.

AIRBUS presented plan to create two wholly-owned integrated aerostructures assembly companies: one in France to combine activities in Saint-Nazaire

Airbus’ OneSat new-generation satellite program is ready to enter the production phase, says Francois Gaullier, head of Airbus Telecom Systems.

Robotic Skies, which is building a maintenance service network for commercial and industrial drones, has received an investment from Japan-based Drone Fund.

Peter Prowitt to Chief Operating Officer of Aerospace Industries Association, Arlington, VA (effective July 2021).

AMES completed 17-week renovation/expansion of its component repair/overhaul and manufacturing facility in Wilmington, OH in partnership with

Europe and Japan have launched a joint research program to advance the direct conversion of CO2 to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).