July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... can be packaged into relatively small and affordable weapons. Both programmes have completed exploratory concept phases with preliminary design phases to follow. And both flight demonstrations are planned for later this decade. The maturation...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...of a wide range of space programmes, especially manned programmes. The main customer for the production of the Space 1.0 phase was and remains the state – there is a shortage of private investment. The business optimisation of space production, which...
July 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
...more slowly than previously expected, President Obama announced a Phased Adaptive Approach, a missile defence plan for Europe....which is a transportable X-band, high-resolution, phased-array radar designed specifically to detect ballistic missiles ...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
... which, as it turns out, differs by less than a week from the schedule last year. During the approach phase, the spacecraft interrupts thrusting occasionally to take pictures of Ceres against the background stars, principally to aid in navigating...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... of. The new paradigm is flexing the team in phase with the workload. Every space business will immediately appreciate... able to support both space businesses in their early growth phases and those continuing to grow will contribute to optimising the ...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... expensive. In turn, this will lead to an immediate increase in launch costs. The slightest variation during the decommissioning phase can greatly affect the chances of success for the re-entry manoeuvre. Debris mitigation and avoidance regulations...
