Kratos Secures Contract to Support Hypersonic Materials Evaluation
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a U.S. Department of Defense contract from the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office to support testing and evaluation of thermal‑protection systems for hypersonic vehicles. The agreement tasks Kratos with analyzing mission scenarios, creating standard testing procedures, and conducting material‑test campaigns to validate new methodologies. These efforts aim to accelerate material development and establish baseline standards for aerothermal test facilities. The contract builds on Kratos’s prior partnership with Rocket Lab and its Project Helios infrastructure investment.
Indra Group and ELT Group Sign Multi-Domain Defence Framework
Indra Group and Italy’s ELT Group have signed a strategic framework agreement to cooperate across land systems, space technologies and uncrewed aerial vehicles. The partnership merges Indra’s multi‑domain integration, radar, space and cyber expertise with ELT’s electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities....
Engine Problems for Japan’s Lunar Lander Company Ispace
Japanese lunar lander firm ispace announced delays in its third mission after encountering development problems with the VoidRunner engine, a joint effort with Agile Space Industries. The engine replacement forced redesigns, pushing the NASA‑backed CLPS mission from 2026 to 2027....
Archer Chooses Bristol as Its UK Engineering Hub
Archer announced that Bristol will host its new UK Engineering Hub, a centre designed to accelerate both commercial eVTOL and defence programmes. The company has already received hundreds of applications and begun hiring engineers to tap the city’s deep aerospace...
Crystals Grown in Space
NASA released an image of lysozyme protein crystals cultivated aboard the International Space Station using Redwire’s PIL-BOX hardware. The experiment is part of a broader study examining how microgravity influences crystal formation across various compounds. Lysozyme, a common immune protein,...
The Space Company in the Grey Zone: How TEC’s Network Blurs Europe’s Sanctions Lines
The Exploration Company (TEC) is building the reusable Nyx capsule while its CEO Hélène Huby chairs the Karman Project, a Berlin‑based fellowship that brings together European space actors and Russian‑linked researchers. The network includes participants from sanctioned entities such as...
MTorres, Airbus Enable Next-Gen Composites via Thin-Ply AFP
MTorres has redesigned its automated fiber placement (AFP) heads to reliably handle ultra‑thin, low‑weight composite tapes, addressing twisting, wrinkling and misalignment issues. The company also upgraded its TorFiber CAM software—integrated with Dassault Systemes’ CATIA—to generate closed‑geometry and self‑intersecting tow paths automatically....
Airbus Posts Record Year — but Washington Still Prefers the Boeing 'Home' Team
Airbus announced a record 2025, delivering 793 commercial jets, boosting revenue 6% to €73.4 bn and posting €7.1 bn adjusted operating profit. The company closed the year with a €619 bn order book and a backlog of 8,754 aircraft, underscoring robust demand. However,...
High-Precision Combustion Analysis & DAQ Solutions for UAV Engines
DC Inc. has joined Unmanned Systems Technology’s supplier network, offering its Plex PCA‑2000Plus combustion analysis and data‑acquisition system for UAV internal‑combustion and hybrid engines. The portable, IP67‑rated unit delivers cycle‑by‑cycle, per‑cylinder data across up to 16 high‑speed analog channels and integrates...
Navy Seeks New Anti-Radar Missile Compatible with F-18, F-35 Aircraft
The U.S. Navy issued a Sources‑Sought notice for the Advanced Emission Suppression Missile (AESM), a next‑generation anti‑radiation weapon with longer range than the AGM‑88 HARM. The missile must be compatible with existing F‑18, EA‑18G and F‑35 platforms and be fielded...
Ovzon Reports Record 2025 Results Driven by NATO and Defense Breakthroughs
Ovzon AB posted record 2025 results, with EBITDA climbing to over 290 MSEK and a 42% margin in Q4, driven by the full‑scale launch of its Ovzon 3 satellite. The company secured a 240 MSEK NATO contract and a 58 MSEK supplemental order from...
GomSpace Achieves Record Q4 Performance and Profitable Full-Year 2025 Growth
GomSpace Group AB reported record fourth‑quarter revenue of 145.6 million SEK, a 75% year‑over‑year jump, and delivered its first full‑year of profitable growth in 2025. Total 2025 revenue rose 72% to 441.8 million SEK, while adjusted EBITDA reached 17.5 million SEK and EBIT turned positive at...
India Approves a $1.1 Billion Deal with Russia for 288 S-400 Missiles
India’s Defence Acquisition Council has approved a $1.1 billion purchase of 288 Russian S‑400 missiles, comprising 120 short‑range and 168 long‑range interceptors. The order fast‑tracks replenishment after heavy missile expenditure during the 2025 air clash with Pakistan. The missiles will augment...
India-France to Set up National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) in Kanpur
India and France announced a joint National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) in Kanpur to deliver advanced aeronautics and defence skill training. The centre will operate under the PM‑SETU scheme, which earmarks Rs 60,000 crore to modernise 1,000 ITIs across India. It will...
Feb. 19, 1994: Clementine Enters Lunar Orbit
Clementine was launched in January 1994 on a 22‑month, under‑$80 million development cycle and became the United States' first spacecraft to orbit the Moon in over two decades. During its 71‑day lunar phase the probe transmitted 1.6 million images, mapped the entire...
Webb Maps Uranus's Mysterious Upper Atmosphere
An international team led by Paola Tiranti used JWST’s NIRSpec to produce the first three‑dimensional map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, extending to 5,000 km above the cloud tops. The observations reveal temperature peaks of about 426 K between 3,000 and 4,000 km and...
US Navy to Deploy UAVs with Standard Munitions in Long-Range Strikes
The U.S. Navy’s Runway Independent Maritime & Expeditionary Strike (RIMES) program is seeking unmanned aerial vehicles capable of launching standard 1,000‑lb class munitions from ships or austere shore sites. The Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit has issued a solicitation,...
Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research
NASA has delivered a cellphone‑sized microplate reader to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew‑12, marking the first use of off‑the‑shelf lab equipment in low‑Earth orbit. The device will perform in‑situ biochemical assays, starting with interleukin‑6 measurements for the MABL‑B...
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Alloyed Ltd secured a £1 million grant from the UK ATI Programme to fast‑track the development of ABD®‑1000AM®, a nickel‑based superalloy engineered for laser powder‑bed fusion additive manufacturing. The project, run with ITP Aero and Cranfield University, aims to produce 3D‑printed jet‑engine...
Lockheed Martin to Provide C-130J Training Devices and Upgrades to RAAF
Lockheed Martin has won a contract to supply the Royal Australian Air Force with a suite of C‑130J training devices, including two Weapon Systems Trainers, a Loadmaster Part‑Task Trainer, an Enhanced Integrated Cockpit Systems Trainer, and upgrades to existing virtual...
US Chamber Fighting For Licensing, ITAR Reform in 2026
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Space Leadership Council secured a key win in its first year by helping embed spaceports in the One Big Beautiful Bill, unlocking municipal‑bond financing and contributing to a $10 billion NASA budget increase. The council also...
Pakistan’s GIDS Begins Promoting SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile for Export
Pakistan’s Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) unveiled the SMASH hypersonic anti‑ship ballistic missile (ASBM) at the 2026 World Defense Show in Riyadh. The system, derived from the army’s Fatah‑2 600 mm guided rocket, offers a 290 km range and an active...
Embraer and Mahindra Eye India MRO Hub if C-390 Wins IAF Contract
Embraer and India’s Mahindra Group announced a joint plan to establish a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility for the C‑390 Millennium, contingent on the aircraft winning the Indian Air Force’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) contract. The two firms have...
Hypersonica Completes Milestone Hypersonic Missile Flight Test in Norway
Hypersonica completed its first hypersonic missile flight test at Andoya Space in Norway, propelling the prototype above Mach 6 and covering more than 300 kilometers. All systems performed nominally, delivering sub‑component data at hypersonic speeds. The company achieved this milestone in just...
Russian Era Ends at Abandoned Launchpad in South American Jungle
Russia’s Soyuz launchpad in Kourou, French Guiana, was abandoned overnight in 2022 after European sanctions forced Russian teams to leave. The site, once prized for its equatorial location, has been reclaimed by jungle growth and now sits vacant. French start‑up MaiaSpace,...
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom Align Network and Service Management on Intuition
ST Engineering iDirect has partnered with G&S SatCom to embed the SatConnect module into its next‑generation ground system, Intuition. The integration creates a unified network and service management layer that spans multi‑vendor satellite infrastructures and offers a single pane‑of‑glass interface....
KSAT Prepares Hyperion in Orbit Relay Test for Satellite Data
KSAT is moving its HYPER concept from design to an on‑orbit demonstration with the Hyperion satellites, which will act as space‑based relays to shorten data latency for customer spacecraft. Announced at the SmallSat Symposium, the mission will validate S‑band telemetry...
Pale Blue Opens Tsukuba Site to Scale Satellite Propulsion Production
Pale Blue has launched its Tsukuba Production Engineering Base, a 1,911‑square‑metre facility that consolidates development, manufacturing, testing and shipping of satellite propulsion systems. The vertically integrated plant features ISO Class 8 cleanrooms, vacuum chambers and vibration‑testing tables to enable mass production...
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4798-4803: Back for More Science
Curiosity revisited the Nevado Sajama drill site to apply a second vial of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) to the powdered sample, preparing it for deeper analysis with the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite. The rover successfully delivered the treated sample to...
Airbus Taps Synspective SAR Radar Network for Expanded Earth Imaging
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a framework agreement with Japan’s SAR specialist Synspective to integrate its satellite constellation into Airbus’s existing radar portfolio. The combined fleet, including TerraSAR‑X, TanDEM‑X and PAZ, will improve revisit times and expand coverage, especially...
Germany Is Considering Purchasing More US F-35 Fighters.
Germany is weighing an order for more than 35 additional U.S.-made F‑35 fighter jets, expanding the 35 aircraft already purchased in 2022. The move would deepen Berlin’s reliance on American technology as the joint Franco‑German Future Combat Air System (FCAS)...
US Supports Palau Airport Upgrades
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is providing technical‑assistance funding to Palau’s National Aviation Administration to upgrade Palau International Airport (ROR). The assistance will update the airport’s master plan, evaluate runway extensions for larger aircraft, and outline broader aviation...
London Gatwick Set for Busiest Ever Summer Season
London Gatwick is gearing up for its busiest summer since 2019, with 62 airlines serving the airport and a record‑wide network of more than 230 destinations. Emirates has added a fourth daily Airbus A350 service to Dubai, marking the first A350...
United Airlines’ Chicago Smack Talk Is A Bit Extreme At This Point, No?
United and American are locked in a fierce capacity battle at Chicago O'Hare, where United has been expanding its footprint and defending gate positions. United CFO Michael Leskinen publicly dismissed American’s Chicago hub as "temporary" and warned that American could...
Swarm Aero Opens Large Drone Production Hub in Arkansas
Swarm Aero inaugurated an 80,000‑square‑foot Advanced Manufacturing Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, dedicated to large‑UAV production. The facility is designed to mass‑produce the Group 5 swarming UAV, which the company claims will cost less than the MQ‑9 Reaper while delivering comparable capability....
Boeing Moves Its Defense HQ Back to St. Louis
Boeing announced it will move the headquarters of its Defense, Space & Security division from Arlington, Virginia back to St. Louis, Missouri, ending a nine‑year stint on the East Coast. The relocation positions senior leaders alongside roughly 18,000 employees at...
Pan American World Airways® Chooses Amadeus Technology
Pan American World Airways has signed a Letter of Agreement with Amadeus to serve as its strategic technology partner for the airline’s comeback. Amadeus will provide integrated IT and distribution solutions, covering everything from booking and inventory management to day‑of‑travel...
High-Precision Local Positioning System for GPS-Denied Drones & Robotics
Agilica has introduced its Agilica Geolocation (AGL) system, a high‑precision local positioning solution for UAVs that operates without GPS. Leveraging ultra‑wideband radio and a mesh of anchor nodes, the system delivers centimeter‑level accuracy even in RF‑rich, jammed or spoofed environments....
Moss That Thrives Under Radiation Signals New Lifeline For Mars Crews
European researchers have demonstrated that aquatic moss, particularly Taxiphyllum barbieri, not only survives but thrives under ionising radiation levels relevant to deep‑space habitats. In controlled tests the moss filtered heavy metals, enhanced photosynthetic activity, and formed denser mats after low‑dose...
Velo3D Receives $11.5M Defense Production Agreement for National Security Program
U.S. metal‑3D printer maker Velo3D has landed an $11.5 million multi‑year full‑rate production agreement with an undisclosed defense contractor for a sensitive national‑security program. The deal leverages Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solution, which couples large‑format laser powder‑bed fusion hardware with proprietary software...
Aero Systems West Supports Parasafe Integration for High-Altitude UAVs
Aero Systems West (ASW) has supplied its Parasafe ballistic parachute recovery system to Rainmaker for integration into the company’s high‑altitude unmanned aircraft that operate between 10,000 and 15,000 feet. The parachute system is now part of Rainmaker’s FAA‑approved aircraft architecture,...
3D Printed Carbon Fiber Meta-Skins Improve Impact Mitigation in Foam-Core Composites
Researchers at San Diego State University have used automated tow placement to 3D‑print pseudo‑woven continuous carbon‑fiber skins, called meta‑skins, for foam‑core composites. In low‑velocity drop‑tower tests (4.43 m/s), a monocoque configuration with a single skin absorbed nearly 100 % of the impact...
Balloons Over Venus…It Really Happened!
In 1985 the Soviet Vega program deployed two helium‑filled balloons that became the first free‑floating probes to operate on another planet. The aerostats floated for roughly 46 hours at about 54 km altitude in Venus’s middle cloud layer, where a global...
PAX Perspective Airline Review: Porter Airlines, PorterClassic
Robynne Trueman’s PAX Perspective review details Porter Airlines’ PorterClassic economy on a Toronto‑Los Angeles flight. The Embraer E195‑E2 offers a 132‑seat, two‑by‑two cabin with guaranteed aisle or window seats, 30‑inch pitch and six‑inch recline. Passengers receive free Viasat Wi‑Fi, universal AC power...
Guest Column: IdeaNova Highlights Untapped Potential of Legacy IFE Systems
Legacy inflight entertainment (IFE) systems are being re‑engineered through software rather than costly hardware replacements. Airlines such as Delta and United are upgrading seat‑back screens with modern interfaces, faster DRM, and new features using IdeaNova’s two‑decade expertise. The company’s Inplay AI...
Blue Origin’s TeraWave Angle, Economics, and the Starlink / Amazon Leo Comparison
Blue Origin is positioning its TeraWave satellite‑communication system as a cost‑effective alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Leo. The analysis breaks down TeraWave’s technical architecture, launch cadence, and projected unit economics, highlighting lower capital expenditure per gigabit. It also contrasts...
Consolidated Edison Inc (ED) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Iridium Communications reported Q4 2025 results that met guidance, with full‑year service revenue up 3% and OIBDA reaching $495.3 million, a 5% year‑over‑year increase. Pro forma free cash flow hit $296 million, supporting a 3.3% dividend yield and a share‑repurchase program that...
Geopolitical Analysis: U.S. Space Strategy in Africa Facing Chinese Competition
The Atlantic Council’s 2026 strategic analysis warns that the United States must overhaul its commercial partnership model with African nations to counter China’s accelerating foothold in the continent’s space economy. China’s 2025 handover of a telemetry, tracking and command station...
United Airlines CFO Drops Biggest Hint Yet About JetBlue Merger
United Airlines CFO Michael Leskinen hinted at a possible United‑JetBlue merger during a Barclays conference, suggesting the airline sees value in industry consolidation. He also disclosed that United will ground its Pratt & Whitney‑powered 777 fleet this summer, temporarily curbing...
Sprite to Issue $495 Million in Aviation ABS Notes
Sprite’s aviation securitization platform is launching a $495 million asset‑backed securities (ABS) program backed by lease contracts on 30 aircraft. The issuance comprises three fixed‑rate tranches with an anticipated repayment date in March 2033 and a final legal maturity in March 2041. World...