• Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu - Read Article

    Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu

    2018-12-03T16:47:39-07:00

    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at its destination, asteroid Bennu, on Dec. 3. Led by the University of Arizona, the OSIRIS-REx mission is the first NASA mission to visit a near-Earth…

  • Vector secures additional $70M in Series B financing - Read Article

    Vector secures additional $70M in Series B financing

    2018-10-19T13:50:09-07:00

    Tucson-based  Vector, a leading microsatellite launch company comprised of New Space and enterprise software industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Sea Launch and VMware, today announced that it has…

  • PADT granted QMS aerospace certification - Read Article

    PADT granted QMS aerospace certification

    2018-10-17T16:00:15-07:00

    In a development that confirms PADT’s aerospace customers receive products and services carried out under the most stringent quality assurance processes, PADT’sQuality Management System (QMS) has been certified compliant to AS9100D(2016)…

  • Raytheon accelerates DeepStrike missile development - Read Article

    Raytheon accelerates DeepStrike missile development

    2018-10-09T13:50:38-07:00

    Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) completed a significant milestone in the development of its long-range DeepStrike™ missile to meet the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, requirement. The company has integrated its…

  • NASA funds $30M University of Arizona project - Read Article

    NASA funds $30M University of Arizona project

    2018-09-27T07:25:10-07:00

    Armin Sorooshian, a professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Arizona, has spent his career at high altitudes — whether he’s soaring above the Pacific Ocean collecting…

  • Air Force awards Raytheon $96M missile contract - Read Article

    Air Force awards Raytheon $96M missile contract

    2018-07-31T09:50:18-07:00

    Raytheon Company received a $96.1 millioncontract to produce 250 Miniature Air-Launched Decoys, or MALD® missiles. The U.S. Air Force award occurred just prior to Raytheon marking its 2,000th MALD system delivery, and 10th year…

  • Aerospace conference shows Arizona’s vast potential - Read Article

    Aerospace conference shows Arizona’s vast potential

    2018-06-22T11:55:16-07:00

    Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of local Arizona aerospace enterprises. If you think for a minute that Arizona enterprises don’t measure up to “The Enterprise,” think again.…

  • General Dynamics trains space mission operators - Read Article

    General Dynamics trains space mission operators

    2018-06-12T12:50:09-07:00

    Scottsdale-based General Dynamics Mission Systems received a contract from the U.S. Navy to restore and maintain a satellite system simulator for students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spacecraft Research and Design…

  • NASA finds ancient organic material on Mars - Read Article

    NASA finds ancient organic material on Mars

    2018-06-07T14:50:52-07:00

    NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere…

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