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By Irene Klotz
Building on its $550 million investment in startup OneWeb, Paris-based Eutelsat Communications on March 22 announced a partnership agreement to distribute broadband services from OneWeb’s satellite constellation in low Earth orbit to its maritime, aviation, business, government and other customers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Whether it’s on the Moon with astronauts or in Earth orbit observing climate change, NASA intends to advance its science and technology and widely share the data from its efforts to benefit humanity as a whole, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has sold its U.S.-based Global Enterprise Solutions (GES) government satellite communications business to Luxembourg-based SES.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry is looking to industry to provide it with a helicopter for VIP transportation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany-based space startup Polaris has been awarded a contract by the country’s defense ministry to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its proposed Aurora reusable space plane.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Australia's defense department is also partnering with the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on "cooperative satellite activities."
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics is trying to let the U.S. Space Force know that it could extend the lives of older geosynchronous satellites or potentially add new capabilities to them.
Space

By Garrett Reim
One of a growing number of unintended consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a boost in business for the space industry.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Eighteen days after OneWeb decided to suspend launches of its broadband satellites from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the company has signed with SpaceX.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Russia’s claim that it fired a Khinzal hypersonic missile at a munitions store in Ukraine within the past few days has left the Pentagon perplexed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A Sierra Nevada/Volansi team has been selected to compete for Increment 2 of the U.S. Army’s program to replace a fleet of Textron RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aircraft systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
RTC Aerospace, a subtier precision-manufacturing company for aerospace and defense, has changed owners, with private-equity firm Stellex Capital taking over from investor and former CEO Brad Hart as the business eyes acquisition growth.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps has flown more than 75 hr. in a modified MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor to evaluate Bell Boeing’s nacelle upgrades, as two of the Air Force’s variants have completed changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Engineers at the Imperial College of London have created a virtual wind tunnel called PyFR, capable of simulating the atmospheric conditions on Mars for the testing of rotorcraft blade designs.
Space

By Irene Klotz
E-Space, a startup founded by space communications entrepreneur Greg Wyler, has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch three demonstration satellites aboard an Electron rocket in the second quarter of 2022.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The electronic warfare (EW) suites for the enduring U.S. Air Force fighter fleet are now set — and there are some surprises.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Ursa Space, a satellite-based synthetic-aperture-radar services startup, said March 21 it raised $16 million in Series C venture capital.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Viasat and Inmarsat, the U.S. and UK satellite-based services providers, have promised the British government they will boost overall research and development spending there by 30% after their proposed merger.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian government and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have designated the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, or Loyal Wingman, as the MQ-28A Ghost Bat.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of a Lockheed Martin Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Radar and associated command and control systems to the UK.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Russian forces claim to have used the Kinzhal hypersonic missile operationally for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
After releasing its satellite computer vision and guidance software in January, Scout has raised an undisclosed bridge round of financing led by venture capital firm Decisive Point.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The debris of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey that crashed was spotted late March 18 by a Norwegian rescue team south of the northern city of Bodo.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 successfully launched and docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment on March 18, delivering cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force needs to update its operating locations around the globe to be able to surge and operate combat aircraft under duress. So the service is starting an in-depth review of how this will happen, and it might not be easy. Or cheap.
Budget, Policy & Operations