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    Federal funding announced for KSU-Salina aerospace program

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas Senator Jerry Moran has announced a federal grant to build a new $28 million facility to serve as an education hub for Kansas State University-Salina’s Aerospace and Technology campus. Moran

  • It IS rocket science: no aerospace equality scheme at TU Delft

    A pilot scheme by Delft University of Technology to make their aerospace engineering training course more inclusive by reserving 30% of places for women has been shot down by the education inspectorate for being illegal. Inspectors told press agency ANP they understand the need for more equality but that the law as it stands does not allow for preferential treatment based on gender. TU Delft announced it would make 30% of the 440 bachelor places available to female students to

  • Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fires stage-2 of Vikram-1 rocket

    HYDERABAD: Continuing its trajectory towards the launch of its first orbital launch vehicle – Vikram-1, Hyderabad-based space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired stage-2 of the rocket at the propulsion testbed of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh on March.The test, which took place on Wednesday, lasted 85 seconds and recorded a peak sea-level thrust of 186 kilonewtons (kN), which is expected...

  • Aerospace Corp. to invest $100 million in El Segundo campus, moves headquarters to Washington, D.C., area

    Research and development lab Aerospace Corp. moved its headquarters this week to Virginia from El Segundo but reaffirmed its commitment to its South Bay campus by announcing a $100-million investment there. The federally funded nonprofit corporation, which supports government and private-sector space work, said there would be no "significant relocation of current employees" in the move to Chantilly, Va., where it has another campus, but said industry changes required it. “The space domain has...

  • Apeiron RIA LLC Purchases 488 Shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA)

    Apeiron RIA LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA – Free Report) by 17.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,218 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 488 shares during […]