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By Michael Bruno
Launch vehicle developer Firefly Aerospace has raised $75 million in a Series A venture capital round, the Los Angeles startup announced May 4, while seed investor Noosphere Ventures sold $100 million of its holdings to investors on the sideline.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center May 4 on its 26th mission delivering small Starlink internet connectivity satellites in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Startup Eta Space is to demonstrate technologies for propellant depots in space under a NASA contract to build a test payload for launch into low Earth orbit in late 2023 on a Rocket Lab Photon satellite.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s (SNC) commercial space enterprise plans to land, service, and launch the company’s winged reusable Dream Chaser from Cape Canaveral on cargo missions to the International Space Station.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
As aircraft and propulsion developers look to electrical systems operating at kilovolt levels, Safran has teamed with a pyrotechnics specialist to develop an ultrafast method of shutting down high-power networks before electric arcing can cause potentially catastrophic damage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an armed rebel group in Myanmar, said it shot down a Myanmar military helicopter that was part of an air strike
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
European engineering services company AKKA Technologies is to assist French startup Aura Aero with development of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft and Integral E electric aerobatic aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
UK F-35s will see action again in the skies over Iraq and Syria, this time operating from the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Egypt is planning to more than double the size of its Dassault Rafale fleet after inking agreements with France for 30 more aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The manufacturer spent January through April and $3 million trying to recover SXM-7 to no avail, and now warns it could push out the timeline for its key Worldview Legion satellite program due to supplier issues.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy has received approval for its next-generation air combat training system to enter limited production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Satellite inspection service provider HEO Robotics has partnered with Australian in-space transportation startup Space Machines to launch an on-orbit inspection camera in 2022.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Vanessa Wyche, a 31-year NASA veteran, will serve as the acting director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has opened the market research phase for a highly advanced anti-ship cruise missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
A Chinese startup plans to capture an object in orbit using a net as part of a small-satellite mission to demonstrate technology for space resource utilization.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Orbit has awarded the UK division of Spanish-based space system supplier AVS a contract to build the portable ground operating system to support satellite launches from Spaceport Cornwall starting in 2022.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Tony Osborne
ZeroAvia’s plans to demonstrate long-distance hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight have been set back after its demonstrator aircraft was involved in a landing accident.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has deployed its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for Baltic Air Policing, the first time the fighter has been used for the mission. The Italian Air
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will chair the National Space Council, senior administration officials told reporters May 1.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, which heralded a wave of space companies going public quickly, will restate its official 2020 financial results and has postponed its first-quarter results report to May 10.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $228 million contract to Raytheon Technologies for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System Follow-On.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sales package worth an estimated $2.42 billion for six Boeing P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
After two landings were waved off due to high winds, NASA has reset the undocking of the four SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon astronauts from the International Space Station for 8:35 p.m. EDT on May 1.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The first quarter of 2021 for L3Harris Technologies turned out as good as departing CEO Bill Brown could hope for in his last report.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Chinese Long March 4C successfully launched a new remote-sensing satellite—the Yaogan-34—from its Jiuquan spaceport on April 30, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. reported.
Space