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Aerospace

Arianespace | April 06, 2022

Amazon today announced agreements with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to provide heavy-lift launch services for Project Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to increase global broadband access using a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). The contracts total up to 83 launches over a five-year period, providing capacity for Amazon to deploy the majority of its 3,236-satellite constellation. It is the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in his...

Airport Management

LeaseWorks | March 14, 2022

LeaseWorks® is one of the leading providers of cloud-based services and solutions for the aviation industry. LeaseWorks®, during the ISTAT Americas conference, announced that Airborne Capital Limited deployed its Aeris Asset™ management software to streamline the Irish Lessor’s aircraft portfolio management. Airborne Capital Limited specializes in aircraft leasing and asset management. The partnership with LeaseWorks® will enhance Irish Lessor’s Asset...

Air Transport

Businesswire | June 06, 2023

Sierra Space, a leading, pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, is thrilled to announce the successful power-up of its revolutionary Dream Chaser® spaceplane. Dream Chaser represents a groundbreaking leap in space transportation technology, designed to provide reliable and cost-effective access to space for a wide range of applications. With its unique lifting body design, the spaceplane combines the flexibi...

Defense and Space

Curtiss-Wright Corporation | July 19, 2022

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been selected by Airbus to provide custom electric actuation technology for the Main Deck Cargo Door on the future Airbus A350F freighter aircraft. The A350F, a variant of the Airbus A350, will be the first wide body freighter aircraft built with a majority of composite materials. Under the contract, Curtiss-Wright will provide Airbus with an electro-mechanical actuation solution that features rotary and linear actuators, alongside ...