Aerospace & Defence

Kleos Space Inc, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has been awarded a first stage contract from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as part of the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement (SCE BAA) Framework.

NASA has added two astronauts to the agency’s Boeing Starliner-1 launch to the International Space Station, the spacecraft’s first mission following completion of its flight tests and certification.

As an emerging area in the satellite industry, Edge computing in space has seen increased innovation, with many new companies working on different applications.

Similarly, to most aviation sectors, the ground handling industry is quite conservative, and changes are sometimes slow to take root. While many organisations push for internal improvements in time savings, higher efficiency, and lower error count, changing the long-established methods is a difficult task.

After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defence technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space.

Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technology, the UK Space Agency has announced.

Nearly 10,000 of the space industry’s biggest players gathered at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress 2022 (IAC) event in Paris this week, to celebrate global innovation in the space sector.

Lynx Software Technologies (Lynx), the specialist in delivering solutions for the Mission Critical Edge, has announced that its CTO, Will Keegan, will be presenting on the benefits of open systems architectures at Global Defence Helicopter in Warsaw, 18 – 20 October 2022.

British Earth Observation company, Satellite Vu, has signed a second SpaceX launch contract for their second satellite, doubling their thermal data collection capacity – faster than planned – amidst rising climate concerns.

As the United Nations holds its Mountain Partnership Global Meeting in Aspen next week, Atlantic Aviation and Avfuel Corporation partnered to ensure plentiful supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM for air operations surrounding the event