Competition to deliver lower cost launches mounts as ULA enters final Vulcan design review
The pressure to offer low price-per-kg commercial satellite launches and other pluses looks set to intensify amid the nearly complete ...
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The road ahead for Maxar Technologies after CEO switch
Maxar Technologies’ CEO change might be just what the doctor ordered for the ailing space giant, although questions are being ...
Feverish smallsat activity to keep launch rates at historic highs in 2019
Small satellites will help keep launch rates next year at highs not seen in decades, posing new risks and opportunities ...
China’s space sector ripening amid technology drive and export market focus
China’s commercial space ecosystem is ripening amid a technology push and focus on exports to developing markets, but state oversight ...
Investor interest in connectivity drones sky high amid increasing activity in data collection
Growing demand for data and new connectivity strategies are helping to drive an influx of capital into the market for ...
Aerospace and defence M&A could continue on high throttle following Harris-L3 Technologies tie-up
Further M&A is likely in the high-flying aerospace & defence sector, observers say, following the US$34bn tie-up of tactical communications ...
Could US mid-terms be the catalyst for unshackling Ex-Im for sizeable satellite deals?
Optimism is building that US mid-term elections could pave the way for fully reviving the United States Export-Import Bank, potentially ...
Cost savings and efficiencies trigger first Boeing satellite propulsion startup investment
Cost savings, efficiency and fuel nontoxicity have prompted Boeing to make its first investment in a satellite propulsion startup. It comes as ...
Boeing boosts smallsat expertise with Millennium Space Systems acquisition in line with industry trend
Boeing’s (NYSE:BA) acquisition of military contractor Millennium Space Systems follows a trend of space manufacturing giants bolstering their smallsat expertise as demand for larger ...
Fledgling satellite-servicing sector begins to take wing as Maxar Technologies buys UK’s Neptec
Making a major push into the UK, space systems company MDA has acquired British technology company Neptec Design Group for C$42m (US$31.9m), as the ...
