Rocket Lab will expand facilities in Colorado it obtained from a corporate acquisition last year as the company gears up for the first launch in a ‘crazy busy’ year. Rocket Lab announced recently that will open a new ‘space systems complex’ in Littleton, Colorado, near the current offices of Advanced Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a companyRead More

Atlantic Aviation, one of the leading networks of fixed-based operators (FBO) in North America, announced the recent appointment of Paula Sacks as Chief Human Resources Officer. In this newly created role at Atlantic Aviation, she is responsible for talent recruitment and retention, diversity, and inclusion efforts in strong partnership with the leaders of the businessRead More

It took her 155 days, but 19-year-old Zara Rutherford accomplished her goal: to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Last week, her plane touched down in Kortrijk, Belgium, completing a globe-trotting trip that spanned five continents and 28,000 nautical miles, report Taylor Haney and Scott Neuman for NPR. “I made it,”Read More

A startup led by a former acting administrator of NASA has announced plans to develop platforms serviced by robotic vehicles in cislunar space to support a range of applications. Maryland-based Quantum Space announced recently that it’s starting work on a spacecraft platform that would initially operate at the Earth-moon L-1 Lagrange point and host variousRead More

The UAE-Bahraini Light-1 CubeSat was successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Light-1 CubeSat is a collaboration initiative of the UAE Space Agency, Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi. JAXA coordinated theRead More

Skyborne Airline Academy has partnered with United Airlines to deliver the Aviate program, a training program that will train candidates with no flying experience through an FAA Part 141 program to become a Certified Flight Instructor, ultimately joining the airline as a First Officer. Candidates will need to meet Skyborne’s entry criteria and pass theRead More

The British Army has lowered the minimum rank to become an Army pilot to Private with a recommendation for promotion to Lance Corporal (LCpl). The Army Air Corps cites this as ‘one of the biggest upheavals in the way the AAC recruits, selects and employs soldier pilots since its formation in 1957.’ The change isRead More

Leading Edge Aviation has announced the launch of the new distance learning program called ‘Vector’, allowing aspirational pilots to complete ground school studies remotely. Leading Edge was the first ATO (Approved Training Organization) to resume training by providing an online option, and the arrival of VECTOR is intended to capitalize on this success. VECTOR aimsRead More