https://spacewatch.global/tag/royal-air-force/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/royal-air-force/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/uk-appoints-air-marshall-harv-smyth-as-new-chief-of-air-staff/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66333 The UK Defense Secretary has confirmed Air Marshal Harv Smyth's appointment as the new RAF's Chief of the Air Staff, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton in August 2025. The appointment follows Sir Rich Knighton’s promotion to Chief of the Defense Staff.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/raytheon-to-acquire-uk-startup-norss/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42206 End-to-end space solutions company, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, is to acquire space domain awareness, orbital analysis, space surveillance and tracking start-up, Northern Space and Security (NORSS). The UK-based startup was founded five years ago by Ralph Dinsley, a Royal Air Force veteran.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/usspacecom-and-ukspacecom-sign-space-cooperation-agreement/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40305 U.S. Space Command and the United Kingdom Space Command signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Enhanced Space Cooperation (ESC MoU). The agreement was signed at the 37th Space Symposium by U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, USSPACECOM Commander, and Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey, Commander of UKSpaceCom.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/uks-royal-air-force-loans-pilot-for-virgin-orbit-missions/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16300 The Royal Air Force (RAF) and Virgin Orbit announced the next step in an exciting new space partnership with the selection of an RAF test pilot to be seconded to the small satellite launch program, pending U.S. and U.K. regulatory approvals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/uks-ministry-of-defence-announces-1-5-million-boost-for-military-space-innovation/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16212 UK Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced a £1.5 million investment in 12 ground-breaking space innovation projects.The announcement marks the next step in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) ‘Space to Innovate’ competition, which sought to find and fund new technologies that could improve the UK’s resilience, awareness and capability in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/spacewatchgl-oped-paradigm-communication-qa/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 09:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12225 Paradigm has become a pioneer of satellite antenna systems and brings over three decades of experience to the market. The company has made a great impact in terms of making systems less complex and easy to operate in even the most remote and hostile locations. In this exclusive interview, Paradigm CEO, Ulf Sandberg, tells Helen Jameson about its huge contribution to market sectors such as military and government, media broadcasting and exploration with its ultra-portable rapid-setup VSATs and multiband earth stations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/satcom-innovator-paradigm-supports-raf-at-the-top-of-the-world/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10533 Earlier this month, the Royal Air Force (RAF) took part in the gruelling Himalayan Venture 18, the principal expedition of RAF100 –the celebration of the centenary of the formation of the Royal Air Force, the first independent Air Force in the world. Uniting 75 members of the wider RAF family, the pioneering expedition took teams to the Rolwaling and Khumbu regions of the Nepalese Himalayan range.]]>