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Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters, setting a new European payload record

Europe’s heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 has launched 36 satellites for Amazon’s low-Earth orbit constellation, using four upgraded solid-propellant boosters that…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | June 17, 2026

INNOSPACE signs MOU with Norma on space-based quantum computing work

South Korean launch services company INNOSPACE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean quantum computing firm Norma to explore…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Security | Technology | June 16, 2026

Optera raises £3m to establish UK space domain awareness hub

Optera has raised £3m to establish and scale a UK headquarters and engineering team, as investors back the company’s event-based…

Defence & Space Industry

DE-CIX CEO questions focus on orbital data centres as SpaceX IPO nears

The CEO of internet exchange operator DE-CIX, Ivo Ivanov, has argued that proposals to put AI data centres in orbit…

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Aeronautics & Aircraft

Violent rocket particles could reshape future spacecraft design

New research from Monash University suggests microscopic particles formed inside solid rocket motors can melt and deform at hypersonic speeds,…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | May 27, 2026

NASA provides update on Moon Base rovers, landers and missions

NASA says it has awarded new contracts for lunar rovers and cargo landers as it works to establish what it…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | May 27, 2026

ImageSat expands RUNNER satellite movement detection to 24/7, including nighttime tracking

ImageSat International has announced an expansion of its RUNNER satellite capabilities, adding continuous, real-time movement detection and analysis from orbit…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

NASA announces agencywide realignment to accelerate mission delivery

NASA has announced an agencywide realignment that it says is intended to increase mission focus and speed up delivery of…

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Arkeus Hyperspectral Optical Radar Selected for Australian Army’s Wide Area Airborne Surveillance Program

Australian company Arkeus has secured a major defence milestone, with its Hyperspectral Optical Radar (HSOR) selected to support the Australian…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Communication | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | October 15, 2025

ANT61 Signs LOI with Lumir

ANT61 and Lumir are delighted to announce the signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate ANT61 Beacon modules into…

Communication

HEO unveils advanced non-Earth imaging camera to enable commercial satellite inspection in GEO

Space imaging firm HEO has revealed its second-generation non-Earth imaging (NEI) camera suite, Adler Mk2, engineered specifically for operations in…

Communication

Communication | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Technology | October 2, 2025

TeraNet Marks a New Era in Space Communications for Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced the successful completion of TeraNet, the first operational optical ground station network…

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Events | Featured Stories | Military Technology | Security | March 23, 2026

Uncrewed surface vessel to feature in Navy’s Exercise Kakadu fleet review

The Royal Australian Navy is set to include an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) in the Exercise Kakadu Fleet Review 2026…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | March 20, 2026

Marine Corps enlisted leaders visit Ingalls Shipbuilding to develop veteran workforce pipeline

Senior enlisted leaders from the U.S. Marine Corps have visited HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, as the service…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | March 20, 2026

EU-funded MYRIAD project to apply AI to multi-sensor satellite imagery for defence surveillance

A new European Defence Fund-backed project, MYRIAD, aims to use artificial intelligence with satellite data to improve defence surveillance, according…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Military Technology | March 12, 2026

Space technology emerges as a critical domain in the Iran conflict

As tensions escalate in the Middle East, space technology has become an increasingly important element shaping the dynamics of the…

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Defence & Space Industry

DE-CIX CEO questions focus on orbital data centres as SpaceX IPO nears

The CEO of internet exchange operator DE-CIX, Ivo Ivanov, has argued that proposals to put AI data centres in orbit…

Defence & Space Industry

Adelaide University to run space and defence venture launchpad ahead of Australian Space Forum

Adelaide University’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) will deliver a two-day program in July aimed at helping researchers, engineers and…

Defence & Space Industry

Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Security | Technology | June 12, 2026

Axiom Space and Prada unveil cooling and ventilation garment for lunar spacesuit

Axiom Space and Prada have unveiled a Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) intended to be worn by astronauts inside…

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Defence & Space Industry | Featured Stories | Technology | June 11, 2026

University of Adelaide PhD project studies human-robot collaboration for lunar construction

A University of Adelaide PhD candidate is examining how humans, robots and building materials could work together to construct habitats…

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Space Exploration

Aeronautics & Aircraft

Aeronautics & Aircraft | Featured Stories | Space Exploration | Technology | June 12, 2026

ESA approves mission extensions and adopts Arrakihs fast-class science mission

Representatives from European Space Agency (ESA) Member States have agreed to extend 13 science missions and to adopt a new…

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IAC 2026 sets plenary programme for October congress in Antalya

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has released the plenary programme line-up for the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2026, scheduled…

Aeronautics & Aircraft