Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
OHB won a contract worth more than $1 billion to build the MEO satellite shell for Europe’s IRIS² constellation, while ESA selected NorthStar Earth & Space to lead FALCON, a consortium focused on tracking uncontrolled atmospheric reentries. Thales Alenia Space will also develop Italy’s PRISMA second-generation Earth-observation satellite.
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All.Space has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit focused on increasing production rates for its Hydra satellite communications terminal. The award targets U.S. defense supply-chain capacity, linking satcom equipment demand with efforts to expand domestic manufacturing throughput.
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OHB won a contract worth more than $1 billion to build the MEO satellite shell for Europe’s IRIS² constellation, while ESA selected NorthStar Earth & Space to lead FALCON, a consortium focused on tracking uncontrolled atmospheric reentries. Thales Alenia Space will also develop Italy’s PRISMA second-generation Earth-observation satellite.
Mahindra Aerostructures will manufacture and supply fuselage skins for Airbus A320neo-family aircraft from its Bengaluru facility, covering rear-fuselage and tail sections for delivery to Germany. The award adds more complex aerostructure work to Airbus’s expanding Indian supply chain as the manufacturer increases sourcing and production.
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The Pentagon has signed seven-year framework agreements with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Lockheed Martin to expand the industrial base for air-defense interceptors. The deals target a tripling of Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement production capacity and a fourfold increase in THAAD missile output.
A former Aeroflot employee has been convicted in the United States for helping illegally obtain and ship more than $900,000 worth of aircraft parts to Russia and Aeroflot. The case highlights continuing enforcement risks surrounding aviation exports and the movement of controlled parts into Russia.
Russia has imported 70,000 tons of Jet A-1 from South Korea and Egypt after refinery strikes disrupted domestic jet-fuel production, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency. The imports point to an external supply response to disruption in Russia’s fuel-production network.
Airbus is considering selling its U.S. small-satellite manufacturing business as it reorganizes its space activities. The move coincides with plans to shift production of next-generation OneWeb satellites to France, potentially reshaping the group’s industrial footprint and approach to satellite manufacturing in the United States and Europe.
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Air New Zealand reported a NZ$336 million pre-tax loss and NZ$242 million after-tax loss for the year ended June, its first loss since 2022. The carrier cited higher fuel and aviation-system costs, engine-related disruption and a peak maintenance year, while saying reliability is improving as aircraft return to service.
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