Deals and M&As this week: Airbus, ILL, Virgin Galactic
Airbus has reached an agreement with JetBlue Airlines for the delivery of 60 A220-300 aircraft.
Airbus has reached an agreement with JetBlue Airlines for the delivery of 60 A220-300 aircraft.
India-based airline Vistara has signed two letters of intent (LoI) with Airbus and Boeing for the purchase of 19 jets valued at a list price of $3.1bn.
Orbital launch provider Rocket Lab is set to open a second launch site for its Electron rocket in the US.
UK-based Satellite Applications Catapult has teamed up with Canadian startup Kepler Communications to develop a satellite prototype before launching Kepler’s future constellation of 140 satellites.
China has sent a new Beidou navigation satellite into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in south-west Sichuan Province.
US-based airline JetBlue has signed a $5.4bn memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus for the purchase of 60 newly rebranded A220-300 aircraft, formerly known as the Bombardier CS300.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to test-fire the P120C solid rocket motor at the Spaceport in French Guiana to validate the booster's suitability for Vega-C and Ariane 6 rockets.
The Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-09 has completed its fastest trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
France-based Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and its sister group European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have partnered with OHB System and MT Aerospace to develop technologies for the space industry.
US-based Virgin Galactic has signed a framework agreement with ALTEC and SITAEL to launch its space tourism flights from an Italian spaceport.