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Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman remain on track to debut the new Antares 330 launch vehicle in 2025.

Following on from used cooking fats, plant seeds and even air, a UK company is planning to convert processed human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

The carrier expects to confirm deals by the third quarter as order activity in Asia heats up.

Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.

The U.S. Space Force has taken its Victus Nox satellite out of orbit less than five months after it demonstrated the tactically responsive space launch mission.

Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.

A record 223 orbital-class rockets lifted off last year, a 20% hike over 2022.

The U.S. military sees orbital transfer vehicles keeping adversaries guessing.

Firefly Aerospace’s valuation has reached $1.5 billion following the conclusion of another tranche of financing in its Series C round.

A multi-orbit satellite architecture is key to the nation’s quest to “conquer the night.”

Advancements in commercial space tech helped the U.S. Space Force, Millennium Space Systems and Firefly Aerospace pull off the Victus Nox rapid launch demo.

The rocket lifted off at 10:28 p.m. EDT/7:28 p.m. local time on Sept. 14.

On its third flight, Firefly will attempt to integrate a payload and launch a rocket within 24 hr.

Space Systems Command’s Victus Nox rapid launch demonstration has entered its “hot standby phase.”

Northrop bids dasvidaniya to rocket’s Russian engines.

The offerings are built around a new family of vehicles known as Elytra (a term for the wings of a firefly).

Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.

Firefly, the airline’s short-haul subsidiary focused on leisure traffic, will restart operations in April 2022.