Virgin Orbit took another step toward bringing space launch capabilities to the United Kingdom by contracting
AVS Added Value Solutions UK (AVS) to build a ground operating system at the U.K. spaceport in Cornwall.
AVS was one of a handful of tier-1 U.K. suppliers who bid for the contract. Virgin Orbit said in its announcement that it selected AVS because of its “proven expertise in complex and critical space and scientific equipment (including large space GSE and propulsion), product and quality assurance proposal, and the experience of their EN9100 and ISO9001 list of UK proposed suppliers.”
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