Electric aviation firm Surf Air Mobility to merge with THCA in $1.4bn deal
Surf Air Mobility will become a publicly listed company through the merger deal with THCA, and in a…
Transport
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
Aurora Innovation unveils new cloud-based mission control system
05 May 22The in-house mission control will provide insight and control to help customers maximise vehicle uptime and hours of…
US gives $3.16bn funding boost to battery manufacturing and supply chains
04 May 22The infrastructure investments to be made under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are expected to help in establishing new,…
CARIAD selects Qualcomm’s SoCs for automotive software platform
04 May 22The Volkswagen subsidiary will be supplied with system-on-chips from the semiconductor firm’s Snapdragon Ride Platform portfolio
VisionNav Robotics secures $80m for driverless industrial vehicles
02 May 22Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan and venture capital firm 5Y Capital led the Series C extension round
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…
Stellantis signs €190m deal with Serbia to manufacture electric cars
29 Apr 22The Serbian government will participate in the project through a 33% ownership stake by investing €48m