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The Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability Consortium has welcomed five space industry companies as new members to support its mission of advancing interoperability in satellite and ground system networks. DIFI said Monday the companies will join other members working on industry interoperability standards that could help spur innovation and transformation of space, satellite and other network […] More

KPMG, one of the “big four” accounting organizations, has made its first direct investment in Bitcoin and Ethereum in a move that adds cryptoassets to the firm’s balance sheet and represents its embrace of the emerging global asset class. The allocation of cryptoassets to KPMG in Canada’s corporate treasury marks a monumental step in the […] More

The Australian government has accepted the delivery of a Lockheed Martin-built pilot training system that integrates PC-21 aircraft, flight simulators, cockpit trainers, mission planning and maintenance capabilities into one platform. The final six-month assessment phase saw the AIR5428 Pilot Training System undergoing over 3,500 flight simulator events and 10,000 flying activities, recording a 97 percent […] More

Spire Global will provide weather forecasting support to Stratolaunch, a hypersonic flight testing company in need of data across several flight altitudes. The space-based data, analytics and services provider said Thursday it will initially generate 55 discrete vertical levels of weather forecast data to support Stratolaunch’s testing activities off California’s coast. The delivery will also […] More

Boeing has conducted several tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama to demonstrate the readiness of its fully composite cryogenic fuel tank for use on aerospace vehicles. The company said Wednesday its engineers and their NASA counterparts put the cryogenic liquid-filled composite tank to a stress test, with the storage surviving in pressure […] More