Cubesats built by Blue Canyon Technologies for NASA’s TROPICS mission. Credit: Blue Canyon Technologies/RTX By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 9 October 2023 Former Lockheed Martin executive Chris Winslett joins Raytheon’s small-satellite subsidiary amid efforts to expand the company’s footprint in defense programs WASHINGTON — Chris Winslett for three years
Raytheon UK will supply the British Army with a high energy laser weapon, due to undergo testing at the end of 2024 (Raytheon) By Tim Martin, Published by Breaking Defense, 9 October 2023 “I think once we get towards the end of next year, and they [the MoD] really do
The Army fired a miniature hit-to-kill missile on April 4, 2016, as part of an engineering demonstration of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 intercept capability. (Michael Smith/U.S. Army) By Jen Judson, Published by Defense News, 9 October 2023 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is gearing up to pursue
By John Ferguson, Published by Daily Record, 8 October 2023 SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Michael Haston was lauded when his private equity firm took a multi-million pound stake in the government-backed rocket launch centre on Shetland in 2020. A self-proclaimed “wonderkid” exposed by the Sunday Mail after becoming a major investor
Artist's impression of the 5km diameter central core of Square Kilometre Array (SKA) antennas. Credit: SPDO/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions By Brian Koberlein, Published by Universe Today, 7 October 2023 Radio astronomy and satellite communication have a long common history. Advances made in one field have benefitted the other, and our modern
A file photo of Miura-1. Spanish company PLD Space has carried out Europe’s first private rocket launch. Photograph: Pld Space/Reuters Published by The Guardian, 7 October 2023 Startup PLD Space says launch of Miura-1 is ‘just the beginning’ amid European drive to send satellites into orbit Spanish company PLD Space
U.S. Space Force Sgt. Cassidy Basney (left) and Specialist 4 Neale Hart (right) provide intelligence assessments to drive simulated combat operations during Space Flag 22-3 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Aug. 16, 2022. Space Force photo by Judi Tomich. By Unshin Lee Harpley, Published by Air and Spaceforces, 6
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 October 2023 The company recently detected unusual maneuvers by Russia’s Luch Olymp-K-2 inspector satellite WASHINGTON — When Russia launched the Luch Olymp K-2 geostationary spy satellite in March, analysts expected it would carry out signals intelligence-gathering missions much like its predecessor Luch Olymp-K-1
