Defense and Space

Vast has selected Impulse Space’s Saiph thrusters for its Haven-1 Space Station.

NASA has entered no exchange of funds Space Act Agreement partnerships with seven companies that are intended to advance future human spaceflight objectives.

The Defense Production Act-enabled funding will increase production of high purity aluminum at an Arconic smelting plant in Davenport, Iowa.

Germany’s defense procurement office has not signed a contract yet, but the announcement appears to end a four-way competition.

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Jerry Moran, along with eight other senators, will meet with French officials in Paris to promote U.S. aerospace technology.

Saab says the deployable tower is fully developed and ready for potential use by militaries and humanitarian organizations.

Construction at Dyess Air Force Base is set to begin in fiscal 2025, opening a 10-year, $1 billion facility upgrade at the Texas site.

Germany’s labored defense modernization contrasts dramatically with neighboring Poland’s lavish spending, but why are nations struggling to spend the money?

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Tomorrow.io, a startup providing satellite-enabled weather data and services, said it closed an $87 million Series E round of venture capital funding.

A company statement said the test helped to “validate the X-Bow concept.”

Ispace of Japan has named Ronald Garan as the CEO of its subsidiary ispace technologies U.S.

Swift Aircraft and GKN announced on June 14 that they will work together to develop design concepts for the integration of the cryogenic system on the platform.

Two NASA astronauts installed a sixth and final planned Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the ISS during a June 15 spacewalk.

Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial suborbital spaceflight services between June 27 and 30, the company said on June 15.

Leonardo’s new CEO Roberto Cingolani is undertaking a restructuring of the Italian aerospace and defense company.

The U.S. Space Force has officially begun its search for a company to provide its future space range operations.

Training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 combat aircraft could get underway in the coming months.

Airbus Helicopters is set to market its Made in America light attack helicopter.

The investment in Venus Aerospace supports the development of the first rotating detonation rocket engine, with planned tests of a Mach 3 drone.

Arianespace is delaying the launch of its final Ariane 5 rocket due to a possible technical issue with the booster.

The German federal parliament's budget committee approved an initial €560 million of funding for the purchase of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system.

The airborne launch demonstration of the 18-kg, anti-tank loitering munition occurred during the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event.

The Valkyrie, a jet-powered, $4 million class attack uncrewed aircraft system, represents a new product class for the Hivemind autonomy technology.

Aeronautics' enclosed payload bay marks a departure from the exposed payload stations under the nose of previous versions of the Orbiter series.