Tag: Aerospace Industry
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Sierra Space cements partnership with Kansas aerospace company
Louisville-based Sierra Space inked a partnership with a Kansas aerospace company to accelerate production of space transport vehicles to allow for greater, more affordable access to Earth’s low orbit, according to a news release. Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (NYSE: SPR) will work with Sierra Space to create a “vibrant commercial space economy of the future” by…
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The future of financing space development
Once the Internal Revenue Service starts recognizing things like spaceports the way it does airports, docks and train stations, investment in the aerospace industry will really take off, according to two financing experts who spoke at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs last week. Jon Moellenberg, Colorado-based managing director of RBC Capital Markets, and…
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The war for talent: Aerospace industry competing with tech giants for top STEM students
Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations, understands full well the need to replenish his ranks with the country’s best talent, and he knows much of that talent will come from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. “(STEM students) are critical to the future of space,” Raymond said. But the…
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Gov. Polis touts new aerospace branding campaign at Space Symposium
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis touched down at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, met with several high-ranking military and Colorado aerospace company officials and touted the state’s new marketing/branding efforts to sell the state to more aerospace companies: AerospaceCO. “I walk away from this symposium, frankly, with my mind blown about the…
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Amazon picks Colorado company’s Vulcan rocket to carry broadband-enabling satellites
Centennial-based United Launch Alliance inked a contract with Amazon to carry thousands of the online retailer’s satellites to Earth’s lower orbit for its Project Kuiper mission to increase global broadband access, officials announced Tuesday. Amazon will use ULA’s new Vulcan rocket for 38 launches in coming years, helping to create a “constellation” of 3,236 advanced…
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Year in review: Economic recovery top business story of 2021
The biggest story in business in 2021 continued to be Colorado’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. While state unemployment levels stood at 6.6% in January, they continued to slide throughout the year and finished at 5.1% in November, the latest figures available. While that’s getting closer to the 4.7% level in March 2020 as…
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Colorado-based Sierra Space nabs large NASA contract
NASA awarded Blue Origin and Louisville-based Sierra Space a $130 million contract to design, build and operate Orbital Reef, which is described as a business park in space. The news came Thursday, the same day NASA announced another $160 million grant from the Space Act Agreement to Nanoracks, which is owned by Denver-based Voyager Space,…
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Space Symposium: Lockheed Martin’s Colorado space operations soar
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “SCENES FROM | 36th Space Symposium”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium,…
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Space Symposium: Colorado-based ULA lynchpin of NASA’s space plans
Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “SCENES FROM | 36th Space Symposium”, “description”: “Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in…
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Vertical takeoff plane company landing in Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PteroDynamics Inc. signed a contract for industrial space in Colorado Springs for a research and development facility to build its vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, an agreement that came a day after the state approved an economic incentives package this month, the company CEO said.…