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RUAG will soon manufacture carbon fiber structures in the U.S., as the company progresses with their build-up of a new facility within United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur rocket factory. In January, ULA presented RUAG Space the keys to its 132,000 square foot facility, and work began immediately to prepare the space for the future production...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno insists Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 engine is still in contention to serve as the first stage of ULA’s Vulcan next- generation launch vehicle, despite rumors that the company was heavily favoring Blue Origin’s BE 4 engine. Bruno told Defense Daily April 5 in an interview at the 33rd Space Symposium...

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced plans for the next phase of its Competitive Improvement Program (CIP), which first launched in 2015. The next phase (Phase 2) includes additional consolidation and optimization of Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities over the next two years. “Overhead cost reductions achieved to date have exceeded our expectations,” said Aerojet Rocketdyne Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Although the capabilities of our space assets continue to improve, the industry is constrained by what we are able to lift up into orbit. During the deep space exploration panel at the 33rd Space Symposium, the speakers concluded that the space industry needs larger, more powerful boosters to continue to progress. Panelists agreed that technologically...

The South African satellite industry is taking yet another step forward as a player in the international arena with the April 18 launch of two South African-built nanosatellites onboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NSight 1, designed and manufactured by Cape Town-based SCS Space, a member of the SCS Aerospace...

  Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, hopes to see a future where more women are engaged in the space industry. During her speech on the 33rd Space Symposium stage, Shotwell shared a quote from former U.S. representative Bella Abzug, which stated, “Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein...

Rocket reusability, Earth observation and big data promise to be hot topics at the 33rd Space Symposium, taking place in Colorado Springs, Colorado this week. Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) President Eric Stallmer told Via Satellite’s sister publication Defense Daily Monday the aspects of Reusability — feasibility, practicality and how it will happen — will be the big...

Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully hot-fire tested a full-scale, additively manufactured thrust chamber assembly for the RL10 rocket engine that was built from a copper alloy using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology, often referred to as 3-D printing. The Defense Production Act Title III program management office located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio,...

Satellite companies are eagerly awaiting the arrival of new vehicles that will speed up launch and overhaul their process for creating new applications. Announcements from some heavy hitters in rocketry should provide hope for exponential progress in the next 10 years...

Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO at SpaceX, remembers being at home at the time when the incident happened, reading emails. “Static fire had become pretty routine. But I got a call from my head of