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£10k manufacturing grant for breakthrough space and aerospace start-ups

Air August 5, 2021

CNC machining services provider ‘Get It Made’  is offering innovative space and aerospace companies a £10,000 grant. Those selected to receive the grant will be able to spend the money on developing solutions and technologies to advance the space and aerospace industry. With the original moon landing taking place on July 20th ...

Viasat to deliver enhanced military-grade encryption on first-ever Link 16-capable LEO spacecraft

Air June 8, 2021

Viasat Inc. is to integrate its In-line Network Encryptor (INE) into the world’s first Link 16-capable low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, which Viasat is developing for the US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI program. Viasat’s INE will be the first crypto deployment on a Link 16-capable LEO satellite, and will provide ...

Lockheed Martin and GM to develop next-generation lunar rover

Air June 4, 2021

Lockheed Martin and General Motors Co are teaming up to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles to transport astronauts on the surface of the Moon, fundamentally evolving and expanding humanity’s deep-space exploration footprint. NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans back to the Moon where they will explore and conduct scientific experiments using ...

More must be done to capture public imagination with vision of global leadership for UK space sector

Air April 14, 2021

Industry experts have come out in support of the Government’s ambitions to make the UK a global space superpower, but called for clearer communication of its real-world implications – especially spacetech’s role in addressing sustainability issues and the climate crisis – to tap into latent public support for space sector ...