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Aerospace Leadership and the Growing Demand for Local SuppliersWashington State is home to the largest aerospace cluster in the world, with over 250,000 aerospace-related employees and more than 1,400 firms supporting the industry. Within a state that produces nearly 95% of North America's commercial aircraft production, Kent Valley has established...Continue Reading

Kent Valley, WA, is a global leader in aerospace and advanced manufacturing, built by a dynamic legacy of innovation, trade, infrastructure and prime industrial land in the Seattle region. However, access to a large, diverse, highly skilled workforce with advanced technical expertise sets it apart as a target destination.Career and...Continue Reading

EZEE FIBER:  In partnership with the city of Kent, WA, Ezee Fiber has started construction in the public rights of way to expand the availability of high-speed Internet services.Ezee Fiber is now constructing the infrastructure to make its network available to thousands of Kent area homes and businesses, including its...Continue Reading

Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together.Including today’s crew, New Shepard has now flown 58 people to space, including four people who...Continue Reading

GEEKWIRE:  Six women rode Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship today on a short suborbital space trip that was notable because of a crew that included pop superstar Katy Perry, morning TV host Gayle King — and Lauren Sanchez, the fiancée of the space venture’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.Liftoff from...Continue Reading

CONNECTCRE:  Realterm has acquired a prime three-property industrial outdoor storage (IOS) portfolio located in the highly desired infill Seattle submarket of Kent, Washington.The three adjacent properties, 7915 South 261st Street and 26220 & 26330 79th Avenue South encompass 38,900 square feet on 9.3 contiguous acres, with secured parking, storage and...Continue Reading

SPACENEWS.COM:   The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a combined $13.7 billion in launch service contracts to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Blue Origin, marking the first time three companies will share responsibility for launching high-priority military and intelligence payloads. The contracts, announced April 4 by the U.S. Space...Continue Reading

SPACE.COM:  Private launch companies Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been selected to compete for future U.S. national security space launches.The two launch companies were awarded "National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts" by the U.S. Space Force on March 27, broadening the military branch's launch options...Continue Reading

BLUE ORIGIN:  Blue Origin today announced the six people flying on its NS-31 mission. The crew includes Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together. She is honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge...Continue Reading

SPACE.COM:  The U.S. Space Force has certified United Launch Alliance's (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions.The news, which the Space Force announced on Wednesday (March 26), doubles the number of National Security Space Launch (NSSL) providers. ULA joins SpaceX in this select group.Note:  The Vulcan Centaur...Continue Reading

SEATTLETIMES.COM:  Malaysia Airlines has ordered up to 60 planes from Boeing Co. as the carrier looks to overhaul its aging narrow-body fleet.The airline has ordered 18 Boeing 737-8s and 12 Boeing 737-10s, with deliveries set to start in 2029, Chief Executive Officer Izham Ismail said on Friday. The carrier has...Continue Reading

GEEKWIRE.COM:  Seattle’s Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that’s been donated by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture.The BE-3U rocket engine, which was used for on-the-ground development work that included hot-fire testing, was installed in the...Continue Reading

BLACKSKY:   BlackSky Technology Inc. has delivered the first very high-resolution images from the company’s inaugural Gen-3 satellite just five days following its successful launch on February 18.“Initial Gen-3 image quality is exceeding customer expectations with minimal calibration. Our first Gen-3 satellite is delivering remarkable initial image clarity at insertion...Continue Reading

CNET:  NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived on the moon's surface, a striking achievement for Blue Ghost builder Firefly Aerospace and for the US agency's commercial space program.The chunky spacecraft touched down "softly" and in an upright, stable position on its very first attempt on March 2, the company...Continue Reading

SPACENEWS:  Blue Origin conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom remained at least semi-anonymous.The New Shepard vehicle lifted off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 10:49 a.m. Eastern after a 19-minute hold in the...Continue Reading

FORBES:  Blue Origin has announced the six-member crew set to fly on its upcoming NS-30 mission, marking the 10th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program and its 30th mission overall. Among the selected astronauts is Lane Bess, making his second journey aboard the suborbital spacecraft. The full crew list...Continue Reading

SPACEFLIGHT NOW:  Rocket Lab completed its second Electron rocket of the month and its 60th to date. The flight carried with it the first of BlackSky’s Gen-3 Earth imaging and analytics gathering satellites.Liftoff of the mission, dubbed ‘Fasten Your Space Belts,’ from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand happened...Continue Reading

PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL:  Boeing supplier Aero-Plastics Inc. of Renton is being acquired by Sweden-based company Trelleborg Group, the companies announced Jan. 31. Trelleborg is acquiring Aero-Plastics through its Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business unit.Aero-Plastics specializes in high-performance plastics and interiors segments for the aerospace industry. The 80-year-old company has also...Continue Reading

SPACE NEWS:  Blue Origin expects to attempt its second New Glenn launch in late spring after correcting problems that prevented the booster from landing on the first launch last month.Speaking at the 27th Annual Commercial Space Conference here Feb. 12, Dave Limp, chief executive of Blue Origin, suggested a propulsion...Continue Reading

STOKE SPACE:  At Stoke, we’re laser-focused on our mission to enable seamless mobility to, through, and from space by using rockets that are fully, rapidly, and reliably reusable. To achieve this, we’re constantly learning through test and iteration. Each new design moves us closer to the holy grail of our...Continue Reading