Aerospace & Space

California-based Orbital raised $5M in pre-seed funding to enter the space data center market

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-06-19 · context →

Air Force awarded Collins Aerospace competitive production option to deliver critical mission autonomy software for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) fleet. Selected from vendor pool including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Atomics.

Leadership read: Product momentum tends to widen aerospace & space product and commercial leadership bench strength.

curated · 2026-06-17 · context →

JetZero broke ground on $4.7 billion aircraft manufacturing campus in Greensboro, North Carolina, spanning 600+ acres with 8M sq ft facility. Expected to create 14,500 jobs over next decade and represents one of largest aerospace manufacturing investments in North Carolina.

Leadership read: Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for aerospace & space leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.

curated · 2026-06-15 · context →

Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft's Commercial Business, appointed to Board of Directors

Leadership read: Leadership transitions often precede broader aerospace & space bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.

curated · 2026-06-12 · context →

Los Angeles-based startup Orbital raised $5 million to fund in-orbit computing demonstration ahead of plans to deploy 100,000+ orbital data centers for AI infrastructure

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-06-10 · context →

Collins Aerospace is expanding its component maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations in Malaysia

Leadership read: Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for aerospace & space leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.

curated · 2026-06-10 · context →

Google-SpaceX AI compute deal announced with hard Sept 30 deadline for GPU delivery capacity. Indicates SpaceX preparing for IPO with major revenue commitments and operational milestones.

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-06-06 · context →

Skyroot became India's first spacetech unicorn with a $60M funding round valuing the company at ~$1.1B. The company achieved Rs 100.6 crore revenue in FY26 and is projecting massive growth to Rs 977 crore in FY27 with maiden Vikram-I launch planned this fiscal year.

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-06-02 · context →

Chinese AI startup VAST raised $200 million in fresh funding, achieving unicorn status. Founded by Simon Song (Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026).

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-06-01 · context →

Orbital partnered with Banking Circle (Luxembourg-regulated credit institution) to expand multi-currency payment infrastructure. Launched client-named virtual IBANs in DKK, SEK, and HUF with CHF and AUD capabilities coming soon.

Leadership read: Alliances like this can broaden aerospace & space commercial leadership bench strength.

curated · 2026-05-29 · context →

Orbital Industries raised €43m Series B for AI hardware and data centre infrastructure

Leadership read: Fresh capital usually broadens aerospace & space leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.

curated · 2026-05-29 · context →

Awfis crossed Rs 1,490 crore in annual revenue with 24% YoY growth, driven by 35% increase in co-working services. Company added 41 new centres and 30,000 seats during the year, capitalizing on GCC (Global Capability Centre) expansion across India.

Leadership read: Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for aerospace & space leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.

curated · 2026-05-27 · context →