Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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SPOTLIGHT

NEC optical communication demonstration satellite payload featured in Aerospace Technology Monthly

NEC Corporation Develops Demo Satellite for Optical Constellations

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND multi-class drones in flight supporting joint command and control, Aerospace Technology Monthly

Skunk Works, XTEND Advance Multi-Class Drone Command Control

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND have expanded their collaboration to integrate XTEND’s operating system into the Skunk Works MDCX™ autonomy platform, enabling simultaneous command and control of multiple classes of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) within joint all-domain command and control (JADC2) environments.

Origami-inspired airless wheel assembly developed by KAIST and UEL for lunar rover mobility, Aerospace Technology Monthly

KAIST, UEL Develop Origami-Inspired Airless Wheel for Lunar Rovers

A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed a deployable airless wheel designed to navigate some of the Moon’s most extreme terrains, including steep lunar pits and subsurface lava tubes.

View from Aurora spaceplane wingtip during Scout Space Morning Sparrow SDA test flight – Aerospace Technology Monthly

Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace Complete Spaceplane SDA Test Flight

Scout Space and Dawn Aerospace have completed their first demonstration flight carrying a space domain awareness (SDA) payload, marking a significant step toward SDA capability using a suborbital spaceplane at supersonic speeds. The flight tested integration of Scout’s ‘Morning Sparrow’ sensor

Photo of space debris appearing in an article on Aerospace Technology Monthly entitled UNIVITY Signs ESA Zero Debris Charter for VLEO Constellation.

UNIVITY Signs ESA Zero Debris Charter for VLEO Constellation

UNIVITY (formerly Constellation Technologies & Operations or CTO), a European provider of space-based connectivity services, has officially signed the Zero Debris Charter. This non-binding yet ambitious framework sets out shared principles and measurable targets for achieving Zero Debris by 2030.

SPOTLIGHT

NEC optical communication demonstration satellite payload featured in Aerospace Technology Monthly

NEC Corporation Develops Demo Satellite for Optical Constellations

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND multi-class drones in flight supporting joint command and control, Aerospace Technology Monthly

Skunk Works, XTEND Advance Multi-Class Drone Command Control

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and XTEND have expanded their collaboration to integrate XTEND’s operating system into the Skunk Works MDCX™ autonomy platform, enabling simultaneous command and control of multiple classes of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) within joint all-domain command and control (JADC2) environments.

View from Aurora spaceplane wingtip during Scout Space Morning Sparrow SDA test flight – Aerospace Technology Monthly

Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace Complete Spaceplane SDA Test Flight

Scout Space and Dawn Aerospace have completed their first demonstration flight carrying a space domain awareness (SDA) payload, marking a significant step toward SDA capability using a suborbital spaceplane at supersonic speeds. The flight tested integration of Scout’s ‘Morning Sparrow’ sensor

Photo of space debris appearing in an article on Aerospace Technology Monthly entitled UNIVITY Signs ESA Zero Debris Charter for VLEO Constellation.

UNIVITY Signs ESA Zero Debris Charter for VLEO Constellation

UNIVITY (formerly Constellation Technologies & Operations or CTO), a European provider of space-based connectivity services, has officially signed the Zero Debris Charter. This non-binding yet ambitious framework sets out shared principles and measurable targets for achieving Zero Debris by 2030.

THIS MONTH’S FEATURED VIDEO: Inside Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics Technology Development Lab: