Space Industry Analysis
Feb 13, 2012
Andreas Knoepfel (see photo) has joined Swiss Aviation Consulting of Huenenberg/Zug as managing director of Swiss AeroRisk Management and a board member of Swiss AeroHoldings. He was a senior aviation manager for an insurance broker.
Feb 13, 2012
U.S. Army Gen. (ret.) Rick Lynch and Paul McDuffee have joined the board of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Arlington, Va. Lynch commanded the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Div. at Fort Hood, Texas. McDuffee is Insitu's principal interface with the FAA on the commercial viability of unmanned aircraft.
Feb 13, 2012
Alan E. Calegari has become CEO of Alenia North America in Washington. He was president and CEO of Ansaldo STS USA.
Feb 13, 2012
The move is largely an administrative step after Airbus determined the entire fleet would likely suffer component cracking due to a manufacturing process flaw.
Feb 13, 2012
David Russell has joined Gogo, Itaska, Ill., as senior VP and general manager of Europe and the Middle East for commercial aviation. He was VP-strategic programs for SITA Group.
Feb 06, 2012
It's amazing how much can be packed into a single, seemingly throwaway line when the context is a president's State of the Union address. President Barack Obama didn't even devote a full sentence to rural broadband service in his Jan. 24 speech, but his few words covered a lot of ground.
Jan 25, 2020
Astronauts on the fourth spacewalk to repair the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer found signs of a leak.
Jan 24, 2020
Japan is boosting its space exploration budget.
Jan 23, 2020
The European Commission has “prebooked” four Ariane 6s for Galileo positioning satellite launches, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton announced Jan. 22.
Jan 23, 2020
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft has carried out its closest look yet at “Nightingale”—the nickname for the primary site on the asteroid Bennu where the mission is to gather a sample of surface material for a return to Earth in late 2023.
Jan 22, 2020
Boeing has abruptly ended its participation in the development of the Phantom Express reusable launch vehicle, effectively terminating DARPA’s XSP (Experimental Spaceplane) program for which it was being built.
Jan 21, 2020
The U.S. Space Development Agency released its short-term acquisition strategy as the office prepares to fold into the Space Force in October 2022.
Jan 21, 2020
Retired NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Pam Melroy, all former military test pilots and space mission commanders, have been selected for entry into the U S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Jan 21, 2020
Eleven NASA candidate astronauts completed two years of basic training on Jan. 10 to become eligible for flight assignments.