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# Aerospace Technology Monthly: Aerospace Technology Monthly is a global B2B e-news platform delivering innovations, insights, and trends in commercial aerospace, including aviation, satellite communications, spacecraft systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Our editorial coverage spans electronic components, test & measurement, embedded systems, propulsion, flight control, avionics integration, and aerospace-grade materials, with applications in commercial launch, payload integration, flight testing, systems engineering, and aircraft electrification.

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- [Marotta Controls Opens Power and Actuation Center of Excellence](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/marotta-controls-opens-power-and-actuation-center-of-excellence/): Marotta Controls, global industry experts in aerospace and defense control systems, has opened a new facility in Parsippany, New Jersey, that will serve as its Center of Excellence for Power and Actuation Systems. The location brings engineering, product development, manufacturing, assembly and testing together under one roof for the first time, completing a multiyear effort to consolidate the company’s fastest-growing product line.
- [ZeroAvia, Safran Partner on Hydrogen-Electric Aviation](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/zeroavia-safran-partner-on-hydrogen-electric-aviation/): ZeroAvia and Safran have formed a partnership to advance hydrogen-electric propulsion technologies for aviation. The collaboration brings together ZeroAvia’s aerospace fuel cell systems experience with Safran’s work in aircraft propulsion, electrification, fuel cell development, system design and testing.
- [SES AI to Develop Battery Pack for Doroni eVTOL](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/ses-ai-to-develop-battery-pack-for-doroni-evtol/): SES AI, a developer of AI-enhanced lithium-metal and lithium-ion battery technologies, has entered into a framework agreement with Doroni Aerospace to design, develop, test and deliver a battery pack for the company’s H1-X two-seat personal electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The agreement establishes an aggregate price of up to $1.09 million for work expected to proceed in multiple stages during 2026 and 2027. An initial $65,000 tranche has been committed, while each subsequent stage will require Doroni Aerospace to issue a separate purchase order to SES AI. The framework also includes options for additional test systems and potential serial production.
- [Quantum Systems Expands Long-Range UAS Capabilities](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/quantum-systems-expands-long-range-uas-capabilities/): Quantum Systems, a developer of interoperable unmanned systems, has announced significant upgrades to its Reliant long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. The latest generation features a hybrid-electric power unit and increases the aircraft’s payload capacity to as much as 9 kg. The additional capacity enables Reliant to carry electro-optical sensors, laser target designators, synthetic aperture radar, signals intelligence and electronic warfare payloads.
- [Honeywell Aerospace, Shield AI Advance Aircraft Autonomy](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/honeywell-aerospace-shield-ai-advance-aircraft-autonomy/): Honeywell Aerospace, global industry experts in aerospace and defense technologies, and Shield AI, global industry experts in AI-powered mission autonomy, have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to advance trusted autonomous aircraft development for commercial and defense applications. Under the MOU, Honeywell Aerospace will develop a trusted autonomy software stack using Shield AI’s Hivemind Software Development Kit. The planned software stack will integrate Honeywell Aerospace’s Anthem avionics, navigation and sensing technologies to support AI-piloted aircraft operations.
- [Collins Completes Hybrid-Electric Powertrain Testing](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/collins-completes-hybrid-electric-powertrain-testing/): Collins Aerospace, global industry experts in aerospace power and control systems, has completed integrated laboratory testing of hybrid-electric powertrain subsystems for the European Union Clean Aviation SWITCH project. Conducted at The Grid, the company’s advanced electric power systems laboratory in Rockford, Illinois, the testing marks an important step in developing more efficient propulsion systems for future short- and medium-range aircraft. The subsystems operated successfully with simulated aircraft and engine systems during what Collins described as the largest integrated systems test conducted at The Grid since the facility opened in 2023. They will now move to the Airbus Sustainable Technology and Engineering Projects laboratory in Ottobrunn, Germany, for aircraft-level integration testing covering aircraft design, battery interfaces and energy-management systems.
- [GKN Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney Advance Additive Engine Manufacturing](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/gkn-aerospace-pratt-whitney-advance-additive-engine-manufacturing/): GKN Aerospace, global industry experts in advanced aerostructures and engine systems, and Pratt & Whitney, a world leader in aircraft propulsion, have signed a Technology Development Agreement to explore additive manufacturing of large structural components for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II. Supported by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, the joint development program will evaluate the feasibility of producing a full-scale engine case using additive manufacturing while maintaining compatibility and interchangeability with the current engine design. The partners expect to complete their first large-scale demonstrator component in 2027 and are targeting certification of the finished product by the end of 2028.
- [Wisk Aero, NASA Test Multi-Aircraft Autonomous Operations](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/wisk-aero-nasa-test-multi-aircraft-autonomous-operations/): Wisk Aero, global industry experts in autonomous aviation, has completed a high-fidelity simulation with NASA evaluating whether one ground-based supervisor can manage three autonomous aircraft operating simultaneously alongside traditional air traffic in controlled airspace. The campaign supported the feasibility of a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft ratio while air traffic controllers continued using existing tools and procedures. The simulation represents the latest milestone under a five-year Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between Wisk and NASA focused on integrating autonomous aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules into the National Airspace System. Establishing an effective multi-aircraft supervision model is an important step toward making commercial autonomous air taxi operations both operationally scalable and economically practical.
- [MTU Aero Engines Advances Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Propulsion](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/mtu-aero-engines-advances-hydrogen-fuel-cell-aircraft-propulsion/): MTU Aero Engines, global industry experts in commercial and military aircraft propulsion, has reached several major development milestones for its Flying Fuel Cell hydrogen-electric propulsion system. Following successful validation of the central hydrogen and air supply systems, MTU is preparing integrated demonstrators for testing while advancing plans with Airbus for the technology’s industrialization and continuing its certification work with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Testing of the liquid hydrogen fuel system and the fuel cell hydrogen system has now been successfully completed. The latter supplies gaseous hydrogen to the fuel cell and was evaluated under rigorous operating conditions. MTU has also validated the central performance and control models for the air supply system at its Munich facility, qualifying both supply systems for the next stages of integration and demonstration.
- [Anduril Industries Unveils Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/anduril-industries-unveils-autonomous-attack-rotorcraft/): Anduril Industries, global industry experts in autonomous defense systems, has introduced Thunder, a Group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft developed to extend the combat reach and increase the survivability of current and next-generation crewed attack and assault aircraft. Co-developed with Archer Aviation, Thunder is the defense variant of a new dual-use autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft platform. It brings together tiltrotor technology, series hybrid-electric propulsion, modular payload capacity and Anduril Lattice autonomy software for attack aviation missions in complex, contested environments.
- [Curtiss-Wright Invests $80M in Pennsylvania Expansion](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/curtiss-wright-invests-80m-in-pennsylvania-expansion/): Curtiss-Wright Corporation, industry experts in highly engineered aerospace, defense and commercial nuclear technologies, will invest $80 million to expand its Cheswick, Pennsylvania operations, increasing manufacturing and testing capacity for critical naval defense and commercial nuclear applications. The multi-year project includes two new buildings and is expected to create approximately 150 jobs over the next three years. The 118-acre Cheswick campus is part of Curtiss-Wright’s Naval & Power segment. The facility designs, manufactures and tests advanced systems for naval defense and commercial nuclear applications. The expansion began in 2025 and is being supported through a combination of Curtiss-Wright capital investment, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania support and federal maritime industrial base funding.
- [Airbus Advances Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Architecture](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/airbus-advances-hybrid-electric-aircraft-architecture/): Airbus and partners from across the European Union, United Kingdom and United States are advancing the development of a hybrid-electric, non-propulsive energy architecture for the next generation of commercial aircraft. The Large Scale Integration Demonstrator of Hybrid Electrical Architecture, known as LEIA, will support the development of high-voltage generation and distribution technologies for innovative electrical systems in future short-to-medium-range aircraft. 
- [Electra Plans $850M Ohio Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Facility](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/electra-plans-850m-ohio-hybrid-electric-aircraft-facility/): Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra), U.S. industry experts in advanced air mobility and hybrid-electric aircraft technologies, has announced plans to establish an $850 million aircraft production facility in Springfield, Ohio. The planned facility, Electra’s first dedicated production site, is expected to create 1,975 jobs in Springfield and Clark County. It will anchor scaled production of the company’s nine-passenger hybrid-electric aircraft, with eventual capacity for up to 800 units annually. The 96-acre site will be located at AirPark Ohio, adjacent to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. Electra will begin the facility design process immediately, with construction expected to start in 2027. The initial development phase is planned to support production of up to 400 aircraft per year. A second phase would expand annual capacity to as many as 800 aircraft.
- [Gastops Delivers 20,000th Aerospace Oil Debris Sensor](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/gastops-delivers-20000th-aerospace-oil-debris-sensor/): Gastops Ltd., global industry experts in intelligent condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technologies, has announced the delivery of its 20,000th oil debris monitoring sensor to the aerospace industry at this month’s Farnborough International Airshow. The company’s 20,000th aerospace MetalSCAN® sensor was delivered in June 2026 in support of the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine program, which powers all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. This milestone represents nearly three decades of production deliveries to the aerospace industry and more than 35 years of technology research, development and collaboration with propulsion-system manufacturers.
- [About Featured Expert: Sidus Space](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-sidus-space/): Sidus Space develops satellite systems, space-based data technologies and mission-support capabilities for government, defense, intelligence and commercial applications. Its work spans spacecraft design and manufacturing, payload integration, launch planning, mission operations, onboard processing and the delivery of data from orbit. The company’s LizzieSat platform is a multi-mission satellite bus designed to host a range of sensors, customer payloads and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit. Its modular architecture supports applications including Earth observation, non-Earth imaging, microgravity research, communications, in-orbit validation and space-based data storage.
- [About Featured Expert: Redwire](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-redwire/): Redwire develops space infrastructure, spacecraft systems and microgravity technologies for civil, commercial and national security missions. Its work spans power generation, deployable structures, avionics, sensors, radio-frequency systems, spacecraft platforms, digital engineering and research facilities for use in orbit and beyond.
- [About Featured Expert: Firefly Aerospace](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-firefly-aerospace/): Firefly Aerospace develops launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital spacecraft for government, commercial and civil space missions. Its work spans launch, payload delivery, lunar surface operations, in-space transportation, communications and imaging, bringing several parts of the space transportation chain together within one organization.
- [About Featured Expert: Hermeus](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-hermeus/): Hermeus develops high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft technologies for defense and national security applications. Its work brings together aircraft design, propulsion, autonomous flight systems, advanced manufacturing and flight testing within a development approach centered on building and flying progressively more capable vehicles.
- [About Featured Expert: CesiumAstro](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-cesiumastro/): CesiumAstro develops advanced communications technologies for satellites, aircraft and ground-based platforms. Its work spans active phased-array antennas, software-defined radios, digital processing, integrated payloads, user terminals and complete spacecraft systems for commercial, civil and defense aerospace applications. The company combines electronically steered antenna technology with software-defined radios and reconfigurable digital processors to support communications across space, air and ground networks. Its systems are designed to manage beam direction, frequency, power and coverage across changing mission requirements, while maintaining multiple simultaneous links among satellites, users and ground stations.
- [About Featured Expert: Stoke Space](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-stoke-space/): Stoke Space develops reusable launch-vehicle technologies that are designed to support more frequent and flexible access to orbit. Its work focuses on one of the aerospace industry’s more difficult engineering challenges: developing an orbital rocket in which both the first and second stages can be recovered, returned and prepared for future flight.
- [Honeywell Aerospace Launches Compact UAS Navigation System](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/honeywell-aerospace-launches-compact-uas-navigation-system/): Honeywell Aerospace has launched Kestrel, a compact embedded GNSS/inertial navigation system developed for uncrewed aerial systems operating where satellite navigation signals may be degraded, jammed, or spoofed. Designed for smaller aviation platforms with stringent size, weight, power, and cost requirements, Kestrel integrates Honeywell Aerospace’s HG3900 microelectromechanical systems inertial measurement unit with an M-code receiver and a multi-GNSS receiver.
- [Impulse Space Raises $500M for In-Space Mobility](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/impulse-space-raises-500m-for-in-space-mobility/): Impulse Space, a developer of spacecraft and propulsion systems for in-space transportation, has raised $500 million in Series D funding to expand its workforce, manufacturing capacity, and orbital mobility infrastructure. The funding round was co-led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, with additional participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Linse Capital. The investment brings the company’s total capital raised to more than $1 billion.
- [About Featured Expert: True Anomaly](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/about-featured-expert-true-anomaly/): True Anomaly develops spacecraft, mission software and sensing technologies for space-domain awareness and national security operations. Its work brings spacecraft design, autonomous systems, command-and-control software, imaging, orbital maneuvering and mission planning together within a common space-defense architecture.
- [DARPA Satellite Servicing Mission Set for 2026 Launch](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/darpa-satellite-servicing-mission-set-for-2026-launch/): DARPA and its partners are preparing to launch the Mission Robotic Vehicle, a robotic spacecraft designed to demonstrate advanced satellite servicing capabilities in geosynchronous orbit. The mission is part of DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program, known as RSGS. The program is scheduled to reach its next major milestone with a launch planned for summer 2026.
- [Redwire Delivers Lunar Robotic Arm Prototype](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/redwire-delivers-lunar-robotic-arm-prototype/): Redwire has delivered a prototype lunar robotic arm developed to support future cargo handling and surface logistics operations for the European Space Agency’s Argonaut lunar lander program. The Manipulator for Argonaut Payload Needs and Unloading Support, known as MANUS, was developed in collaboration with Added Value Solutions and with support from ESA. The project is being led by Redwire’s Luxembourg team, which recently completed several project milestones, including preliminary design and performance assessment.
- [Quantum Space Announces Oklahoma Expansion](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/quantum-space-announces-oklahoma-expansion/): Quantum Space is establishing a new spacecraft manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the company expands production capacity for maneuverable spacecraft platforms supporting defense and commercial space operations. The facility will serve as Quantum Space’s primary manufacturing site for large propulsion tanks and precision spacecraft components, supporting production of the company’s Ranger spacecraft platform as demand for maneuverable and long-endurance space systems continues increasing across national security and commercial markets.
- [Airbility, Schübeler Collaborate on eVTOL Propulsion](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/airbility-schubeler-collaborate-on-evtol-propulsion/): Airbility and Germany-based propulsion developer Schübeler have signed a strategic agreement focused on development of next-generation electric ducted fan propulsion systems for high-speed eVTOL aircraft and advanced air mobility applications.  The Memorandum of Understanding establishes a framework for collaboration involving electric ducted fan propulsion technologies, hybrid propulsion integration, engineering support for airworthiness certification, and participation in Korea-Germany aerospace research and development programs.
- [York Space Systems to Acquire Solestial](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/york-space-systems-to-acquire-solestial/): York Space Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire Solestial, a developer of radiation-hardened space solar technologies, as part of a broader strategy to strengthen domestic manufacturing and secure scalable power systems for satellite and space missions.
- [ISS National Lab Launches Orbital Edge Accelerator](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/iss-national-lab-launches-orbital-edge-accelerator/): The ISS National Laboratory’s Orbital Edge Accelerator is designed to support early-stage companies developing technologies for low Earth orbit commercialization and in-space innovation. 
- [Lunar Outpost Secures $30M Series B Funding](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/lunar-outpost-secures-30m-series-b-funding/): Lunar Outpost has secured $30 million in Series B financing to accelerate development and deployment of lunar robotics, autonomous mobility systems, and in-space infrastructure technologies designed to support long-term commercial and government operations beyond Earth. The funding round was led by Industrious Ventures with participation from Type One Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Promus Ventures, Reliable Equity, and additional investors. The new funding will support expansion of production capabilities for advanced lunar robotic systems and mobility platforms as demand continues increasing for commercial and government-supported lunar missions and cislunar infrastructure development. Lunar Outpost develops robotic mobility systems, autonomous technologies, and infrastructure platforms intended for lunar surface operations, resource utilization, communications, power systems, and future space industrial applications.
- [X-Bow Acquires Evolution Space to Expand SRM Capabilities](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/x-bow-acquires-evolution-space-to-expand-srm-capabilities/): X-Bow Systems, global industry experts in advanced solid rocket motor manufacturing and launch systems, has announced an agreement to acquire Evolution Space, expanding its production capacity and hypersonic propulsion capabilities.
- [NEC Corporation Develops Demo Satellite for Optical Constellations](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/nec-corporation-develops-demo-satellite-for-optical-constellations/): NEC Corporation, global industry experts in satellite communications and space-based network infrastructure, has completed the design of a small technology demonstration satellite to validate key technologies required for next-generation optical communication satellite constellations.
- [Applied Intuition Delivers AI Data Engine to US Navy](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/applied-intuition-delivers-ai-data-engine-to-us-navy/): Applied Intuition, global industry experts in physical AI and autonomous systems infrastructure, has announced the delivery of the U.S. Navy’s first large-scale data engine through the Data Edge Collection Kit (DECK) program. The initiative provides the infrastructure required to rapidly field autonomous systems and support the transition toward software-defined naval operations.
- [Featured Expert: Moon Express](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-moon-express/): The company gained early international visibility through its participation in the Google Lunar X Prize and later reached a regulatory milestone in 2016 when it became the first private company to receive U.S. government authorization to conduct a robotic mission beyond Earth orbit. That approval established an important precedent for commercial lunar activity under U.S. regulatory oversight and international treaty obligations. Moon Express has since remained engaged in the evolving commercial lunar ecosystem, including eligibility within NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) framework, which enables private companies to provide end-to-end lunar payload delivery services in support of government and research missions.
- [Featured Expert: Numerica Corporation](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-numerica-corporation/): Numerica Corporation is a U.S. defense and technology company established in 1996 and headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado. Since its founding, the company has focused on developing advanced sensing, tracking, and analytics systems for air and missile defense, situational awareness, and related national security applications. Numerica’s work spans algorithm development, sensor integration, and systems engineering for complex operational environments.
- [Featured Expert: Axiom Space](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-axiom-space/): Axiom Space, Inc. is a U.S. aerospace company headquartered in Houston, Texas, that develops human spaceflight services and orbital infrastructure. The company was founded in 2016 by industry leaders including former NASA International Space Station program manager Michael T. Suffredini and entrepreneur Kam Ghaffarian. Axiom’s stated mission is to extend commercial human spaceflight from low-Earth orbit today into future private orbital destinations.
- [Featured Expert: Astrobotic Technology](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-astrobotic-technology/): Astrobotic Technology, Inc. is a privately held U.S. aerospace company developing robotic space systems with a primary focus on lunar surface access, payload delivery, and mission support technologies. The company was founded in 2007 by roboticist Red Whittaker and his associates with roots in Carnegie Mellon University robotics research. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and operates within the commercial lunar exploration segment of the space industry.
- [Featured Expert: Skyroot Aerospace](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-skyroot-aerospace/): Skyroot Aerospace is an Indian private space launch company developing small lift launch vehicles and propulsion technologies to provide commercial access to orbit. The company was founded in 2018 by Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka, both former scientists with the Indian Space Research Organisation, and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Skyroot operates within India’s evolving commercial space ecosystem and focuses on responsive, cost-effective launch services for small satellite missions.
- [Featured Expert: Castelion](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-castelion/): Castelion Corporation is a U.S. defense and aerospace company focused on the rapid development and scalable manufacturing of advanced hypersonic strike systems and related defense technologies. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in El Segundo, California, with operations spanning multiple locations in California, Texas, and New Mexico. Castelion was established by a team of engineers and technologists with backgrounds in aerospace and high-rate manufacturing, with the stated objective of accelerating the delivery of advanced defense capabilities through vertically integrated development and production.
- [Featured Expert: Beta Technologies](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-beta-technologies/): Beta Technologies, Inc. is a privately held U.S. aerospace manufacturer developing electric aircraft and supporting infrastructure for advanced air mobility and regional aviation applications. Founded in 2017 by aerospace engineer and pilot Kyle Clark, the company is headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, where it conducts aircraft development, flight testing, and production activities focused on electric propulsion and integrated aviation systems.
- [Featured Expert: K2 Space](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-k2-space/): K2 Space is a U.S. aerospace manufacturing company developing large, high-capability satellite platforms designed to support power-intensive and payload-dense space missions. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Torrance, California, where it designs, integrates, and prepares spacecraft systems intended for operation across multiple orbital regimes, including low-Earth orbit, medium-Earth orbit, and geostationary transfer orbit.
- [Teledyne Detectors Deployed on NASA BlackCAT CubeSat](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/teledyne-detectors-deployed-on-nasa-blackcat-cubesat/): The Space Imaging division of Teledyne, a developer of space-qualified imaging sensors and focal plane arrays for scientific and institutional missions, has announced the successful deployment of its Speedster HyViSI (Hybrid Visible Silicon Imager) focal plane arrays aboard NASA’s BlackCAT CubeSat mission. The mission launched on January 11, 2026, as part of SpaceX’s “Twilight” rideshare mission.Led by Pennsylvania State University, BlackCAT is an x-ray observatory designed within a CubeSat platform to detect x-ray transient events and study bursts of x-rays generated by the collapse of early stars into black holes. The mission will also investigate the early universe using the sensitivity enabled by Teledyne’s detector technology.
- [Featured Expert: Raeon](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-raeon/): Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Paris, France, Raeon is a forward-thinking aerospace technology company focused on enabling the next generation of sustainable flight systems. While relatively new, the company has carved out a niche in developing digital infrastructure, embedded systems, and flight control software tailored for electric and hybrid-electric aircraft platforms.
- [Featured Expert: XTEND](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-xtend/): XTEND is a developer of AI-driven autonomous and tactical drone command-and-control solutions supporting defense, law enforcement, and security operations worldwide. The company specializes in human–machine teaming technologies designed to enhance operator effectiveness while reducing cognitive load during complex mission execution.
- [Skunk Works, XTEND Advance Multi-Class Drone Command Control](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/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.
- [KAIST, UEL Develop Origami-Inspired Airless Wheel for Lunar Rovers](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/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.
- [Featured Expert: XTI Aerospace](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-xti-aerospace/): Founded in 2009 and based in Englewood, Colorado, XTI Aerospace is a pioneering U.S. company focused on the development of high-performance vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for long-range missions. The company aims to merge the vertical lift capabilities of a helicopter with the speed, range, and comfort of a business aircraft.
- [Featured Expert: Planet Labs](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-planet-labs/): Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Planet Labs PBC is a leading provider of AI-powered Earth observation data and geospatial intelligence derived from daily satellite imagery. Initially launched by a team of NASA scientists, the company operates one of the largest commercial satellite fleets in orbit, known as the “Dove” and “SkySat” constellations.
- [Featured Expert: Kongsberg Gruppen](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-kongsberg-gruppen/): Founded in 1814 and headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, Kongsberg Gruppen is a global industry expert in advanced technology systems for the defense, aerospace, maritime, and energy sectors. The company operates through multiple business areas, including Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Kongsberg Maritime, delivering mission-critical solutions for customers worldwide.
- [Featured Expert: MTU Aero Engines](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-mtu-aero-engines/): Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, MTU Aero Engines is a leading independent provider of commercial and military aircraft engine solutions. With over 90 years of technical excellence, the company plays a central role in the development, manufacturing, maintenance, and repair of propulsion systems for civil and defense aerospace platforms.
- [Featured Expert: Aura Aero](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/featured-expert-aura-aero/): About Aura Aero
- [Safran DSI Expands U.S. Infrared Sensing Portfolio](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/safran-dsi-expands-u-s-infrared-sensing-portfolio/): Safran Defense and Space, Inc. (Safran DSI) has announced its acquisition of Attollo Engineering, enhancing the company’s product portfolio by expanding its capabilities in advanced imaging, infrared sensing, and laser-based technologies.
- [Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace Complete Spaceplane SDA Test Flight](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/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 suite aboard the Aurora platform, which took off from a conventional runway at Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre in New Zealand.
- [LLNL Selected by DoD DIU to Build Pathfinder Space Telescope](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/llnl-selected-by-dod-diu-to-build-pathfinder-space-telescope/): Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver a new monolithic telescope for a responsive space mission scheduled to launch as early as 2027.
- [UNIVITY Signs ESA Zero Debris Charter for VLEO Constellation](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/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.
- [XTEND Expands U.S. Ops, Secures $70M for Tactical AI Robots](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/xtend-expands-u-s-ops-secures-70m-for-tactical-ai-robots/): XTEND, a developer of AI-powered tactical autonomous robotic systems for defense and public safety, has completed a $70 million Series B funding round to scale U.S. and global production, expand deployments with allied defense and emergency response agencies, and advance real-time AI integration across its robotic platforms.
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- [H2 Clipper Secures Patent for Swarm Robotics in Aerospace Manufacturing](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/h2-clipper-secures-patent-for-swarm-robotics-in-aerospace-manufacturing/): H2 Clipper, Inc. (H2C), a developer of sustainable hydrogen-powered airships and hydrogen infrastructure technologies, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,234,035 for its innovative use of autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic swarms in large-scale aviation and aerospace manufacturing. This marks the company’s 15th successfully issued patent and extends the scope of an earlier foundational robotics patent (No. 11,851,214) first granted in December 2023.
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- [General Atomics Tests Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel at NASA Marshall](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/general-atomics/): General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed a series of high-impact nuclear fuel tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (Marshall) in Huntsville, Alabama, advancing the development of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) systems for future cislunar and deep space missions, including potential crewed missions to Mars.
- [Hermeus Debuts Hypersonic Test Facility, Successful F100 Engine Tests](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/hermeus-debuts-hypersonic-test-facility-with-f100-engine-tests-2/): Aerospace and defense technology company Hermeus has announced the official launch of its High Enthalpy Air-Breathing Test Facility (HEAT) following a series of successful tests of the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine.
- [Interlink Electronics Awarded $150k NASA SBIR for Air Quality R&D](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/interlink-electronics-awarded-150k-nasa-sbir-for-air-quality-rd/): Interlink Electronics, Inc., experts in the design, development, and manufacture of advanced sensors and printed electronic solutions, has announced its receipt of a $150,000 NASA Phase 1 SBIR award. The funding will support the company’s efforts to developintegrated systems and predictive models for early detection of air quality degradation issues and their sources.
- [Voyant Photonics Intros CARBON LiDAR with FMCW Sensor on Chip](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/voyant-photonics-intros-carbon-lidar-with-fmcw-sensor-on-chip-2/): Voyant Photonics, developers of LiDAR-on-a-chip solutions for 3D sensing, have announced the availability of CARBON, a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR sensor featuring a highly integrated silicon photonic chip.
- [Teledyne Space Imaging to Deliver Key Payload for ESA’s LISA Mission](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/teledyne-space-imaging-to-deliver-key-payload-for-esas-lisa-mission-2/): Teledyne Space Imaging has been awarded the role of Prime Contractor for the Constellation Acquisition Sensor (CAS) instrument on ESA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. This groundbreaking initiative will establish the first space-based observatory dedicated to studying gravitational waves, ripples in space-time caused by events such as black hole mergers.
- [KULR Technology Group to Launch K1S Space Battery on 2026 SpaceX Mission](https://aerospacetechnologymonthly.com/kulr-technology-group-to-launch-k1s-space-battery-on-2026-spacex-mission-2/): KULR Technology Group, Inc., experts in advanced energy management solutions for space, aerospace, and defense, has announced plans to launch its KULR ONE Space (K1S) battery on a SpaceX rideshare mission scheduled for 2026. The mission, facilitated via launch integrator Exolaunch, is a significant milestone in KULR’s development of safer, high-performing battery systems for the rapidly growing space battery market, which is projected to expand from $3.9 billion in 2023 to $6.35 billion by 2030 (source: Virtue Market Research).
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