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• Blue Origin space company opens new office in Phoenix - Read Article

  Blue Origin space company opens new office in Phoenix

  2023-04-28T10:20:00-07:00

  Blue Origin, a private space company, today celebrated the grand opening of its new office in Phoenix, Arizona. The new 43,288-square-foot office will contribute to avionics, systems engineering, and supply…

  
• East Valley aerospace and defense sector shoots through the stratosphere - Read Article

  East Valley aerospace and defense sector shoots through the stratosphere

  2023-03-28T10:20:00-07:00

  Aerospace and defense may have started off as one small step for the PHX East Valley, but has now become one giant leap for Arizona. According to the Arizona Commerce…

  
• Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl - Read Article

  Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl

  2023-02-08T14:00:00-07:00

  Space may be the final frontier, but it is also the subject of some of the University of Arizona’s most financially impactful research. The University of Arizona astronomy and space…

  
• Tucson-based Phantom Space earns 4 NASA task orders - Read Article

  Tucson-based Phantom Space earns 4 NASA task orders

  2022-11-26T10:00:16-07:00

  Phantom Space Corp. announced today it has been awarded four new NASA task orders to launch CubeSat satellites into space as part of the new VADR contract. NASA’s VADR missions (for…

  
• What will it take to grow food on Mars? - Read Article

  What will it take to grow food on Mars?

  2022-11-15T14:00:00-07:00

  From sci-fi novel to research reality, Anca Delgado says her newest project could change the course of space exploration by human astronauts. Delgado, an assistant professor of environmental engineering in the School of…

  
• Boeing sells Apache helicopters to Poland, expands Mesa operations - Read Article

  Boeing sells Apache helicopters to Poland, expands Mesa operations

  2022-09-29T16:35:03-07:00

  Aerospace and defense giant Boeing secured a contract to produce 96 Apache helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces as the company scales up its manufacturing capabilities in Mesa, Arizona. Mariusz…

  
• Army awards Raytheon $182 million NASAMS contract for Ukraine - Read Article

  Army awards Raytheon $182 million NASAMS contract for Ukraine

  2022-08-30T14:35:37-07:00

  Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $182 million contract for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as NASAMS, a highly adaptable mid-range air defense solution. These systems…

  
• Virgin Galactic will bring spaceship manufacturing facility to Mesa - Read Article

  Virgin Galactic will bring spaceship manufacturing facility to Mesa

  2022-07-20T15:00:49-07:00

  Virgin Galactic Holdings, an aerospace and space travel company, today announced it has signed a long-term lease for a new final assembly manufacturing facility for its next-generation Delta class spaceships.…

  
• NASA reveals 1st Webb Telescope images of unseen universe - Read Article

  NASA reveals 1st Webb Telescope images of unseen universe

  2022-07-13T11:00:13-07:00

  The dawn of a new era in astronomy is here as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with…

  
• U.S. Space Force selects ASU as university partner - Read Article

  U.S. Space Force selects ASU as university partner

  2022-06-08T12:10:15-07:00

  The U.S. Space Force and Arizona State University signed an agreement Tuesday making ASU the newest member of the service’s University Partnership Program. USSF Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Lisa Costa joined…

  
• Tucson-based Paragon part of $3.5B NASA contract - Read Article

  Tucson-based Paragon part of $3.5B NASA contract

  2022-06-07T08:00:20-07:00

  Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) announced that it is part of the Axiom Space team which was awarded NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Activity (xEVAS) services contract, one of two companies to…

  
• Woman-led KP Aviation opens in Mesa - Read Article

  Woman-led KP Aviation opens in Mesa

  2022-06-03T19:30:22-07:00

  A cutting-edge, woman-owned international aerospace business in an overwhelmingly male dominated industry has relocated from Reno, Nevada to Mesa. KP Aviation celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters this…