Space

Avio is considering how to speed up U.S. missile motor production, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East pointing to demand greatly surpassing projections.

A Senate panel on March 12 voted in favor of President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Anderson to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator.

NASA is now targeting liftoff of the Artemis II mission as early as April 1.

Mantis Space, a startup working on a proposed constellation of satellites that beam solar power around in orbit, said March 12 it raised a $10 million seed round of venture capital.

Voyager Technologies has opened a new 140,000-ft.² facility in Long Beach, California, becoming the latest space-centric company to set up shop in “Space Beach.”

Jon Rambeau will become Karman Space & Defense's CEO on March 23, when current CEO Tony Koblinski steps aside while remaining a director on the board.

Russian users from Kaliningrad to Siberia lost signals of their satellite television on March 4 after the Ekspress-AT1 broadcasting satellite went offline.

Leonardo plans to demonstrate elements of its new Michelangelo Dome in Ukraine this year, as it sets sights on networking air and missile defenses Europe-wide.

Northrop Grumman's CRS-23 was unberthed from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's U.S. segment Unity module early March 12.

Iceye is targeting more than €500 million ($580 million) in sales this year aided by a €1.5 billion contracted backlog it recorded at the end of 2025.

The U.S. Space Force is sharpening plans to monitor and defend the region between Earth and the Moon as global competition extends deeper into space.

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly one year on March 11.

Rheinmetall Boss Armin Papperger is considering an €8-10 billion ($9.3-11.6 billion) German military satellites communications opportunity.

The cover of the March 7, 1966, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology shows the third launch of an Air Force Titan 3C at Cape Kennedy, which put three payloads into highly elliptical orbits.

AeroVironment is cutting its sales and earnings outlook after the Pentagon terminated the Satellite Commercial Communications Augmentation Resource program.

Dassault Aviation has started building parts for its Vortex spaceplane demonstrator with the aim of building momentum for a project it wants to see flying as early as 2028.

National ambitions may hinder consolidation in the LEO constellation communications market.

Anduril is expanding its space domain awareness portfolio with plans to acquire commercial provider ExoAnalytic Solutions.

SpaceX and Blue Origin face significant technical challenges in the development, test and operation of their Human Landing Systems, an audit says.

Increased on-orbit activity by the U.S. and its adversaries is prompting an insatiable appetite for new space domain awareness sensors.

Denver-based Lux Aeterna reports a "$10 million oversubscribed seed round" intended to accelerate the development of the company's flagship spacecraft, Delphi.

The Indonesian Defense Ministry says it has “entered an agreement with India” to acquire the BrahMos supersonic missile system.

NASA plans to switch contractors to supply the upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.

Denver-based Voyager Technologies has announced a “multimillion dollar” investment in Max Space to further the development of future expandable space habitats.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is projecting liftoff of the latest iteration of the Starship launch system in April, with vehicle testing underway.