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Aug 25, 10:49

China opens satellite IoT to private players as Geespace wins two-year commercial trial

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has approved Geely-backed Zhejiang Geespace Technology to conduct a two-year commercial satellite Internet of Things (satellite IoT) trial, making it the first privately owned Chinese company authorized to advance such services and signaling a further opening of China's satellite communications market to private-sector players.

Russia's reusable Amur SPG rocket slips to 2031

Aug 25, 10:00

Tactical drone market reshapes as startups and incumbents compete

Aug 25, 09:42

AIDC eyes 2H26 lift from drones, jets

Aug 25, 08:06

AI compute race heads toward space as MediaTek executive says 1 million H100s will be mid-tier by 2030

Aug 24

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SPACE TECHAmerica's launch boom runs into a capacity problem as White House targets 1,000 annual space launches

Aug 22

The US commercial space sector is entering a phase in which launching more rockets is no longer the only test of industrial scale. As flight cadence rises and multiple providers push toward higher throughput, the more difficult constraint is increasingly the infrastructure surrounding each mission.

DEFENSEInterview: Arbe Robotics on why radar is needed for autonomous driving and beyond

Aug 22

Autonomous driving technology is maturing, and a future in which cars entirely drive themselves is quickly approaching in the rearview mirror. Yet safety and trust remain crucial barriers to overcome before fully autonomous driving becomes a reality, and a key part of this is the "eyes" of the car.

SPACE TECHAutomation Taipei 2026: The invisible joint — why aerospace lightweighting is rewriting how parts are built

Aug 21

The aerospace industry's pursuit of lighter structures has long centered on advanced alloys, composites and additive manufacturing. But as aircraft and spacecraft shed weight, another manufacturing challenge becomes harder to ignore: the interface between the materials themselves.

SPACE TECHAutomation Taipei 2026: German suppliers target aerospace's hidden manufacturing bottlenecks

Aug 21

Aircraft and spacecraft may be judged by thrust, payload capacity, and range, but the German Industry Solutions Session held at Automation Taipei 2026 on August 20 suggested that some of aerospace manufacturing's most consequential advances are taking place somewhere far less visible: inside connectors, bonded joints, laser-processed surfaces, dispensing paths, and robotic assembly cells.

SATELLITEBeyond Starlink: the LEO satellite market enters a multi-constellation race

Aug 20

For years, SpaceX's Starlink has defined the commercial low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite market, transforming satellite connectivity from a niche communications technology into a global broadband platform.

SATELLITELandSpace nails China's first private orbital booster landing, advancing reusable rocket race

Aug 20

Chinese commercial space startup LandSpace successfully launched its Zhuque-3 Y2 carrier rocket on August 19 from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone (part of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center), placing Hongqing Technology's independently developed Honghu-03 satellite into its designated orbit. The rocket's first stage then completed a soft landing at a recovery site in Minqin County, Gansu, marking a successful mission.

DRONETaiwan seeks shift from drone supplier to strategic partner in entering US market

Aug 19

Industry figures and analysts from Taiwan and the United States gathered on August 19 at an international unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) forum to discuss how Taiwan can move beyond its traditional role as a components supplier and become a strategic partner in the global drone supply chain. The discussion takes place at a time when drones have become the frontier of warfare, and countries such as the US are looking to build non-China drone supply chains.

DRONEUS Air Force base plans DJI drone purchase for counter-drone training

Aug 19

The US Air Force plans to buy Chinese-made DJI drones for F.E. Warren, a nuclear missile base in Wyoming, to help security forces train against small-drone threats they may encounter in the field. The procurement has drawn cybersecurity concerns because the service is explicitly specifying DJI equipment for the exercise.

SPACE TECHSpaceX sets Falcon 9 turnaround record with two launches 38 minutes apart

Aug 18

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets 38 minutes apart on the evening of August 15, setting a new company record for the shortest interval between orbital launches. The missions lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, highlighting the company's ability to move quickly across two launch sites.

SATELLITETokyo University's satellite legacy helped build Japan's space startup wave—now comes the harder part

Aug 18

Japan may not possess the industrial scale or launch economics of satellite giants such as SpaceX, but the country has established its own development mechanism around persistent experimentation, research-driven breakthroughs, and a growing concentration of aerospace talent.

SATELLITEH3 launch ramp pushes Mitsubishi Electric toward a new era of parallel satellite production

Aug 18

The expansion of Mitsubishi Electric's satellite manufacturing business is converging with the higher launch cadence targeted for Japan's H3 program, developed jointly by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

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