Military/Aerospace Electronics

Redwire, the space infrastructure company, has announced it will be creating a drug development and manufacturing platform for use in space. It is dubbed a Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory – Bio-crystal Optimization Xperiment (PIL-BOX). Redwire will be partnering with Eli Lilly and Company, a U.S. pharmaceutical company, to conduct testing during initial flight missions for PIL-BOX. It is described as a ...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected two companies – Lockheed Martin and Maxar Space – to advance its Earth observations from geostationary orbit. The contracts were officially awarded by NASA on behalf of the NOAA to meet the objectives of the GeoXO programme. The total value of each of the ten-month fixed-price contracts is approximately $5 ...

Research published by the United States-based Space Foundation suggests that the global space economy is now worth $469 billion. Its Space Report 2022 Q2 calculates the economic value of space developments to have grown 9% since last year’s total of $431 billion. Other headline figures include a 19% increase in government spending, as the geopolitical implications of space development get ...

Russia is to pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) according to the head of Roscosmos Yury Borisov. Speaking to President Putin as reported by the Kremlin, Borisov said: “You know that we are working within the framework of international cooperation at the International Space Station. Undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision ...

HawkEye 360, the space-based RF data specialist, has opened an Advanced Technology and Development Center, which centralises all its data engineering and satellite manufacturing in-house. Located in Herndon, Virginia, the 19,000 square-foot site supports data processing, software development, and the manufacture of its commercial RF-sensing satellites for gathering geospatial intelligence. Housing up to 70 employees, it will host constellation operations, ...

Eutelsat, the French satellite operator, is expected to announce a merger with OneWeb this week Eutelsat already has a 23% stake in OneWeb and is its second largest shareholder. OneWeb was bought out of bankruptcy by the British government and India’s Bharti Global. Bharti has a 38.6% share in OneWeb, the British government has 19.3% and Softbank 12%. After the merger it is ...

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a $21.7m contract by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace U.S. legacy weather systems with the NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) programme. NWP is intended to ensure the improved safety, security and efficiency of National Airspace System operations by processing weather data and identifying possible safety hazards hours in advance. It should ...

The UK thermal infrared satellite firm Satellite Vu is looking to double its climate data collection capacity, it has announced. It has commissioned a clone of its original satellite, to again be produced in collaboration with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). It is a response to market demand for greater capacity and more frequent revisit times, says the company Its ...

Astraius, the UK-based horizontal launch company due to operate out of Scotland, has announced Northrop Grumman and Exquadrum as its key propulsion suppliers. Specifically, Northrop Grumman’s Orion rocket motors have been selected for the first and second stages, and Exquadrum will provide the upper-stage motor to place satellites in their intended orbits. While it is headquartered in London – with ...

A British-built research satellite, the The UK Space Agency has announced, completes the payload for the UK’s first space launch, taking place this year with Virgin Orbit from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay. A research satellite from RHEA Group, built in Oxfordshire by space company Open Cosmos, it will be sharing a ride with five additional satellite missions, including the first ...