British Airways has signed a major deal with Starlink to provide every customer in every cabin with free Wi-Fi connectivity from next year, signifying a significant investment for the airline as part of its £7 billion transformation journey.

Provider of high-frequency RF solutions for space applications, Sedgefield based Filtronic, has secured a contract with a leading European aerospace manufacturer, to supply RF assemblies for integration into a major Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation programme.

At the Global MilSatCom conference in London today, Nik Smith, Director of Space at Lockheed Martin UK, told delegates that the UK should accelerate investment in sovereign, resilient space systems to safeguard national security and drive economic growth.

RTX’s Raytheon UK has been awarded a UK Space Agency contract to provide orbital analysts in support of the UK’s Space Domain Awareness mission.

The fourth satellite for the Sentinel-1 Copernicus mission successfully launched on board an Ariane 6 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou yesterday.

Sofant Technologies has achieved a major industry milestone by successfully demonstrating a fully functioning Ka band transmit array using its proprietary RF MEMS beamforming IC.