Space

The U.S. Space Force’s senior acquisition official is telling industry to prepare for significant satellite production contracts should the fiscal 2027 budget request.

A new White House initiative to develop space nuclear power directs NASA to develop a minimum 20 kW fission reactor and fly a variant to the lunar surface by 2030,

Rocket Lab on April 14 added a high-performance, Hall-effect satellite thruster to its growing catalog of space technologies and flight services.

Signals intelligence satellite specialist HawkEye 360 has secured a contract with NASA to help the agency study the radio frequency environment in low Earth orbit.

Artemis II shows how NASA has unlocked a key to telling its story: kindling emotional ties to the humans in the human spaceflight program.

Viasat announced at AIX that it has entered Boeing’s technical evaluation process to assess and qualify its next-generation electronically steered antenna terminal AERA across all current Boeing commercial airplane programs.

Amazon has agreed to acquire Globalstar following rival SpaceX’s purchase of EchoStar spectrum in the intensifying battle to offer LEO broadband services.

BAE Systems is entering the space tug market, debuting a new vehicle it says will be capable of transporting cargo and small satellites to the Moon.

SNC’s Vindlér constellation is an example of how industry is pushing space-based RF intelligence toward a new operational tempo to increase maritime awareness.

A key NASA appropriator intends to lobby fellow legislators to fund NASA at its current level instead of the Trump administration's proposed 24% cut.

Northrop Grumman's 24th NASA contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the seven-person International Space Station on April 13.

Revenues from commercial launch vehicles and launch sites are expected to grow to $32 billion by 2035, says a space market report from McKinsey Research.

The Mott Corporation has solved highly complex filtration and flow control problems for the world’s largest technical brands – and been quietly delivering in the harshest of conditions… Space.

MDA Space is jumping into rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) spacecraft, with the introduction of a vehicle designed to maneuver and detect threats.

HawkEye 360 is joining the wave of space startups looking to go public.

Blue Origin is working toward an April 16 launch of its New Glenn rocket, which will carry AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into low Earth orbit.

HASC Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is ready to take the White House’s opening fiscal 2027 defense spending bid as the new minimum funding level.

Space computing specialist Sophia Space has announced a strategic collaboration with Canadian satellite telecommunications provider Kepler Communications.

The Artemis II astronauts returned from a nine-day flight test of NASA’s deep-space Orion capsule on April 10, setting the stage for a series of missions to establish a base on the Moon.

Global orbital launches surge 25% in 2025 as SpaceX dominates with 165 missions while Starlink constellation tops 10,100 satellites.

Vantor expands its Worldview Legion constellation with new 40 cm and 20 cm imaging satellites for persistent high-resolution monitoring.

Aviation Week editors covering commercial aviation and space convene to discuss how and why airlines are increasingly offering fast inflight Wi-Fi for free.

The Trump administration finds little room for science and aeronautics in its quest to return to the Moon.

Artemis II nears splashdown after a record-setting Moon mission as NASA tests reentry systems and the crew prepares for recovery in the Pacific.

France boosts defense spending to strengthen air defense, munitions, drones and space capabilities amid shifting global dynamics.