Sierra Space

By Guy Norris
The TPS comprises a composite material that combines the strength of carbon fiber with the high-temperature stability of ceramics.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Louisville, Colorado-based company is a prime contractor for the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
The Sierra Space trash compaction and processing system uses a catalytic oxidation technique to process volatile organic compounds and other gaseous byproducts.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau, Vivienne Machi
With a second successful flight, United Launch Alliance’s new rocket is ready to take on military and commercial missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
McIntosh will replace Bridget Lauderdale, who is retiring as vice president and general manager of the F-35 after 38 years at Lockheed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space will study a scaled-up version of its Ghost logistics supply spacecraft concept.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The company is jointly opening two new facilities in Colorado called “Victory Works.”
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The company has requested an early September launch for Tenacity aboard ULA’s second Vulcan rocket.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser lifting body spaceplane "Tenacity" and its Shooting Star cargo module are being readied for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The FAA gave Varda Space permission to launch in June 2023 without a reentry license, and the regulator does not want to repeat the situation.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Targeting a wider role in low Earth orbit and beyond, the company has rolled out a novel, deployable decelerator system, among other fast-tracked projects.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
What began as an operational ballistic missile evolved into one of the most successful and storied space launch vehicles.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
The bulk of the investment went to more mature companies, especially late-stage startups.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week senior editor Guy Norris speaks with Erik Daehler, Vice President of Orbital Systems and Services for the Sierra Space Corporation.
Space Symposium

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.
Space

By Guy Norris
Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
Space Symposium

By Brian Everstine
The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been inducted into the NASA Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility in Ohio in readiness for thermal vacuum testing.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has unveiled a series of advanced autonomous, satellite and reentry products developed by Axelerator, its newly launched innovations incubator arm.
Space