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By Michael Bruno
The owners of aerospace and defense group Sierra Nevada are creating an independent company to take over the former’s space business, to be called Sierra Space, which will sell to the burgeoning low-Earth-orbit and Moon commercial space markets.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Private space sector jobs reached a nine-year high in 2020, according to new Space Foundation analysis of U.S. government data, with the industry employing 148,000 people, while space-related mergers, buyouts and equity financings totaled $18.2 billion.
Space

By Graham Warwick
EASA has published its final special condition for the certification of electric and hybrid propulsion systems for aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin is offering a new line of its LM 400 satellites in response to military plans to develop constellations that have a variety of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and target-acquisition capabilities.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Ahead of a draft solicitation for Space Development Agency satellites, the Pentagon wants to ensure the interoperability of the products.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s indigenous within-visual-range air-to-air missile, Bozdogan/Merlin has scored its first aerial kill in flight trials.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Poland is buying five surplus Lockheed C-130H airlifters and will develop Lask AB as the main operating location for its future F-35s.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin simulated pre- and post-launch passenger operations as its 15th suborbital launch of the New Shepard lifted off on April 14.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
The exemplary support the French government has provided to the country’s aerospace industry has proved effective damage control.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Astranis, a startup aiming to provide lower-cost broadband service from geostationary orbit, has announced $250 million in new financing.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Israel Aerospace Industries and Thales team to offer IAI’s Gabriel V anti-ship missile to meet a UK need for an interim anti-ship weapon.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus completes low-speed flight-envelope testing of its VSR700 naval rotary-wing uncrewed air system.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based startup aiming to offer satellite-based hyperspectral imaging and data analytics for the energy sector and others, has wrapped up a $16 million series A investment round, as expected.
Commercial Space

By Lee Hudson
The House Armed Services Committee chairman says the Lockheed Martin F-35 program characterizes its flying-hour cost as “a big problem.”
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The House Armed Services Committee chairman wants the U.S. to review national security policy and the White House to release the budget.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A Broad Area Announcement (BAA) entitled “Enhanced Hypersonic Defense,” which the MDA released on April 12, requests companies to submit white papers by May 12 for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The move announced in a March 17 acquisition notice scratches the original plan to award the contract without a competition to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Astrobiotic’s Griffin lunar lander, carrying NASA’s water-hunting VIPER rover, will fly on a Falcon Heavy, perhaps in late 2023.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced an additional 500 troops will be based in Germany by the fall.
Defense

By Molly McMillin
Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo opened April 13 with an announcement by Textron Aviation of a special edition Beechcraft Bonanza G36 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the iconic six-seat single-engine piston aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—Babcock is mulling the sale of its emergency helicopter businesses as part of a streamlining effort after taking a £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) hit to its profits.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Fixing an issue with NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will require a slight modification to the vehicle’s software, delaying the first flight test.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The second Mission Extension Vehicle, MEV-2, autonomously docked with the Intelsat 10-02 satellite on April 12 in its operational GEO location at 1 deg. West longitude.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Analysts predict U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed $715 billion fiscal 2022 defense budget request will not provoke a serious debate between hawk and doves in Congress.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
In the broad sweep of history, imagine the roughly 70-year path to the creation of the U.S. Space Force as a single line on a blank page.
Defense