The company will now review all test data gathered and inspect the spaceship and mothership An image of the VSS Unity near its highest point above the earth
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) completed its long-delayed third spaceflight over the weekend, leaving just two regulatory hurdles ahead before it can begin carrying paying passengers into space.
Following an aborted mission in December and then after being beset by technical issues and postponements in recent months, the company s spaceship VSS Unity was finally carried into the upper atmosphere by mothership VMS Eve on Saturday before being released and firing its own rockets.
Europeans threaten to restrict air traffic over Belarus after state piracy
Supporters of Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich wait for the arrival of a Ryanair flight after it was diverted to Belarus at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas reuters tickers
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May 24, 2021 - 13:54
By Matthias Williams, Andrius Sytas and Gabriela Baczynska
KYIV/VILNIUS (Reuters) -European leaders threatened on Monday to limit international air traffic over Belarus and possibly restrict its ground transport, after a Ryanair passenger plane was forced to land in an incident denounced by Western countries as state piracy .
Vilnius university says its student travelling with Protasevich also detained, demands release
A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas reuters tickers
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May 24, 2021 - 07:27
By Andrius Sytas
VILNIUS (Reuters) - A Belarusian university in Vilnius on Monday said its student Sofia Sapega, 23, who was travelling with journalist Roman Protasevich, had also been detained when their flight was diverted there from Vilnius and demanded her release.
The detention of Sapega was confirmed by her family, the European Humanities University (EHU) spokesman told Reuters.
Alion Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brian Fisher Named a Top 15 General Counsel to Watch in 2021 By WashingtonExec
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WASHINGTON, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alion Science and Technology announces that Brian Fisher, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Alion Science and Technology, is named one of the Top 15 General Counsels to Watch in 2021 by
WashingtonExec.
“I am honored to have been recognized by WashingtonExec as a top General Counsel in our industry,” said Brian Fisher, Alion Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
WashingtonExec states, Innovating government from within so services and processes can be more efficient, requires more than emerging technologies and IT modernization strategies. It requires compliance, reporting and regulations that don t often make the headlines, but nonetheless make it all possible. With every proposal, contract award or technology, GovCon in-house lawyers
DENSO, Honeywell Ascend Into Urban Air Mobility With Expanded Alliance
Collaboration will enable development, testing and flying of electric propulsion systems for UAM segment; supports each company s sustainability focus
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., and PHOENIX, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has signed a long-term agreement with aerospace leader Honeywell (
NASDAQ: HON), establishing an alliance focused on electric propulsion units to meet new aerospace needs. Drawing from their automotive and aerospace backgrounds, the companies will develop and manufacture electric propulsion systems for aircraft, initially prioritizing the urban air mobility (UAM) segment with a focus on air taxis and delivery vehicles.