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UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) was one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.The company was formed in August 2012 when parent United Technologies Corporation merged their existing subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand with the newly-acquired Goodrich Corporation.
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. [1] It researched, developed, and manufactured products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems, HVAC, elevators and escalators, fire and security, building automation, and industrial products, among others.
Clockwise from top-left: the 2018 Winter Olympics are held in PyeongChang, South Korea; protests erupt following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; the March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States; the Yellow vests protests break out in France; the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his ...
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman told its employees that about 1,000 jobs could be cut in Southern California after lost a big satellite contract.
In August, China surpassed its previous record of 22 launches in 2016, and ended the year with a total 39 launches, also more launches than any other country in 2018. The 100th orbital launch of the year occurred on 3 December, [17] exceeding all yearly tallies since the end of the Cold War space race in 1991.
First human spaceflight mission (Yuri Gagarin) [2] First orbital flight of a manned vehicle Vostok 1: 1961 May 5 USA First pilot-controlled space flight (Alan Shepard) Freedom 7: 1961 May 19 USSR First planetary flyby , although contact was lost Venera 1 1961 August 6 USSR First crewed mission lasting a full day (Gherman Titov). Vostok 2
Politics and elections Caracas drone explosions Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro skips a rally in Caracas following weekend drone blasts that he called an assassination attempt, surprising and confusing some supporters in attendance. (Reuters) The Colombian Civil Aviation Authority announces a ban on drones within a 2 nautical mile radius and altitude of Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá during the ...
Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom Space, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian, the company first flew a spaceflight in 2022: Axiom Mission 1, the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).