NASA awards $3.9bn JETS II contract to Jacobs Technology
The Tennessee-based firm will serve the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, other NASA centres, and government agencies…
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Space transportation firm SpaceX raises $1.7bn via equity financing
14 Jun 22Separately, the company secured a conditional approval from the US FAA for its proposed SpaceX Starship Super Heavy…
Rocket Lab to manufacture solar array panel for NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft
10 Jun 22Targeted to be launched in 2025, GLIDE is a heliophysics mission, which will study variability in the Earth’s…
Sophic partners with Axiom Space to deliver exploration spacesuits for NASA
06 Jun 22The award is one of the two commercial spacesuit services contracts to provide the next generation of Exploration…
UAE-based utility firm DEWA taps Eutelsat to develop Space-D programme
01 Jun 22The French company will help build nanosatellite IoT terminals apart from boosting the connectivity between DEWA’s assets and…
Electric aviation firm Surf Air Mobility to merge with THCA in $1.4bn deal
19 May 22Surf Air Mobility will become a publicly listed company through the merger deal with THCA, and in a…
UK, US sign pact for collaborating on commercial spaceflight missions
16 May 22The move is expected to reduce the UK’s dependence on other launch countries to place British-built and operated…
Airbus engages Capgemini to implement cloud-first transformation programme
11 May 22Capgemini will be responsible for providing the aerospace company with a fully managed service of the core cloud…
Virgin Orbit to launch iQPS’ QPS-SAR-5 earth observation satellite
09 May 22The QPS-SAR-5 satellite is expected to be launched by the LauncherOne vehicle into a customised mid-inclination orbit
NASA selects 110 US small businesses under SBIR programme phase 2
29 Apr 22Small businesses with pioneering ideas will get early-stage funding and other non-monetary support from NASA to help advance…