British firm Filtronic scores another multi-million contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Aviation Microwave technology firm Filtronic has scored another multi-million-pound contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, it revealed today. The London-listed company, which is headquartered in Leeds and supplies products to the aerospace, defence, space and telecoms infrastructure sectors, said the $8.4m (£6.4m) production order from the satellite internet company was a positive sign that demand remained high for [...]
Watch: Rocket engine explodes at a UK spaceport in the Shetland Islands Business Spacecraft firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) said no-one was injured in the explosion and regular operations would return "as soon as possible."
How to get UK space SMEs beyond the final investment frontier Andrew Turner The UK has 2000 space SMEs but few have managed to scale. With the right incentives and regulatory environment the industry can go interstellar, says Andrew Turner Shipping in the 1700s, cars in the 1800s and aviation in the 1900s – throughout history London has been the global hub for financing era-defining technology. I believe [...]