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Lockheed Martin, NEC put more AI into space development and testing

Lockheed Martin and NEC have signed an agreement to extend their use of NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) for spacecraft development. With a focus on the speed and efficiency of system diagnostics, the partnership will involve using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across product lifecycles. This positively impacts design and production phases ...

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JAXA to trial solid-state lithium-ion batteries in space

JAXA (the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has announced that it will conduct an experiment to demonstrate the use of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries in space. It will be working with Hitachi Zosen Corporation in joint research to investigate practical space applications for the battery technology. Conventional lithium-ion batteries used in space use liquid and have a ...

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Scottish Orbex 3D-prints space rocket engines in-house

Orbex – the UK-based private, low-cost orbital launch services specialist – has commissioned AMCM to build what is described as the largest industrial 3D printer in Europe. The aim is to allow it to rapidly print complex rocket engines in-house. The custom-made, large volume 3D printer will allow Orbex to print more than 35 large-scale ...

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UK Space Sector Skills Survey highlights industry shortage

The UK Space Agency has published its Space Sector Skills Survey for 2020. A key problem identified is the supply of relevant skills to support future growth in the industry. In this area, it was noted that while “the industry recruits easily across cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities”, the number of women employed in the industry ...

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Inmarsat appoints former Nokia boss Rajeev Suri as CEO

Inmarsat, the UK satellite communications services provider, has announced that Rajeev Suri, a former Nokia CEO, will assume the role of CEO. He will join the business officially from 1 March 2021, with Rupert Pearce – the current CEO – stepping down from 28 February. Most recently Suri was President and CEO of Nokia, a ...

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Building a ‘Space Bridge’ between the UK and Australia

The UK Space Agency calls it a ‘Space Bridge’, between the UK and Australia to form “a partnership to increase knowledge exchange and investment across the two countries’ space sectors”. Announcing the agreement, the UK Science Minister Amanda Solloway said: “The signing of today’s Space Bridge partnership, a world’s first, with one of our closet ...

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U.S. Space Command battle takes political turn

Could the location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters, which was moving from Colorado to Alabama, be moving back again? Space Command was set to make its new home at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a centre for developing and testing U.S. Army missile programs. It’s currently based at the Peterson Air Force Base ...

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US FTC takes second look at Lockheed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne

At the start of the year Lockheed Martin announced its intention to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, the aerospace and defence rocket engine manufacturer, in a transaction valued at $4.4 billion. Since then there have been reports that Raytheon Technologies planned to formally oppose the deal – Aerojet Rocketdyne’s engines are also used by Raytheon as well ...

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Nasa delays launch for DART asteroid impact test

Nasa has chosen a later launch window for testing its first flight demonstration for planetary defence against the threat of asteroid impact. Dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mission aims to shift an asteroid’s orbit through kinetic impact, in September 2022. Basically, impacting a spacecraft into the smaller member of the binary asteroid ...

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Axiom Space boosts station plans with $130m funding

Houston-based Axiom Space, which is aiming to develop the first commercial space station, has raised $130m in Series B funding. The financing will accelerate the growth of Axiom’s workforce and the construction of its privately developed space station, says the company. The idea is that Axiom Station will serve as a centre for commerce in ...

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