Next Generation Robotics is a spin-off of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.

SITAEL is part of ANGEL Holding.

The Smart Space Factory 4.0 in Pisa includes assembly lines and advanced testing and qualification systems.

SITAEL built the Space Factory 4.0 in Mola di Bari for the integration and testing of complete satellites.

SITAEL built the Smart Space Factory 4.0 in Pisa for the production of electric propulsion systems for next-generation satellites.

Next Generation Robotics develops mobile robotics for automated inspection and railway maintenance.

SITAEL has extended mechatronics beyond industrial automation into a technology for the Space Economy, technological autonomy, and national competitiveness.

SITAEL plans to open a new production site in Forlì.

Claudio Lodi is the president of the Gruppo Meccatronico di Confindustria Reggio Emilia.

SITAEL integrates mechanics, electronics, sensors, control systems, software, and artificial intelligence in high-reliability space platforms.

Chiara Pertosa is the CEO of SITAEL.

Pulse Space’s lasers can provide extra power to customer spacecraft through their existing solar arrays and reduce reliance on batteries in shadowed regions.

Pulse Space’s laser technology takes in solar energy and redistributes it through high-power laser beams.

Pulse Space was founded in 2022.

Pulse Space’s laser beams could support debris identification, tracking, and removal in orbit.

Pulse Space is a Washington-based startup that is building laser systems capable of beaming power to other satellites in orbit.

The U.S. Space Force awarded Pulse Space a $40 million OTA contract to develop its laser technologies.

Pulse Space employed about 25 workers and expected to grow to more than 100 by the end of the year and as many as 1,500 in the next two years.

Pulse Space expected its first demonstration mission to fly as early as this year.

Starlab Space will rely on power beamed from Pulse Space satellites.

Privateer has signed on for Pulse Space’s space situational awareness work.

Pulse Space’s lasers could use radiation pressure to deorbit at least some orbital debris.

Pulse Space customers include Starlab Space and Privateer.

The Arkeus Ormemeau facility includes new production and repair capabilities for the company’s AI-powered optical sensors.

Arkeus uses onboard AI to detect, classify, and track objects across different environments, including at night and in contested conditions.

Arkeus’ approach is intended to support real-time decision-making at the edge without relying on communications links or remote processing.

Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie and Coomera MP Michael Crandon opened an Arkeus defence technology advanced manufacturing facility at Ormeau.

Arkeus’ technology includes hyperspectral optical radar systems that capture multiple layers of visual data simultaneously.

Arkeus raised AUD$25 million in Series A funding in May 2026.

Arkeus plans to grow its local team by up to 50 people over the next few years.

Arkeus has hired four senior Queensland-based staff, including global vice-president of Manufacturing Andrew Sim.

The Arkeus Ormeau facility will manufacture AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms used by Australian and allied defence customers.

The Arkeus Ormeau facility will increase the company’s manufacturing capability by 20 times.

The Queensland Government’s Sovereign Industry Development Fund provided AUD$1.48 million in support for the Arkeus Ormeau facility.

Orbit Fab says refueling and servicing can support a circular economy in space by reducing waste and maximizing the value of existing orbital assets.

The REEF program is intended to advance satellite propulsion technology while supporting mission life extension and operational resilience.

Orbit Fab positions RAFTI as a standardized refueling interface on commercial spacecraft that can replace traditional satellite service valves with minimal impact on cost, mass, or volume.

Orbit Fab says RAFTI is available under an open license and has become a de facto industry standard satellite refueling interface.

Orbit Fab says REEF is a step toward spacecraft that are designed from the outset to be serviced, upgraded, and refueled on orbit.

The UK Space Agency’s National Space Innovation Program supports REEF.

The UK Space Agency views REEF as part of a broader effort to build a foundation for an on-orbit economy.

Thales Alenia Space will contribute spacecraft propulsion subsystem expertise to REEF.

Orbit Fab is headquartered in Colorado and operates additional facilities in the United Kingdom.

Orbit Fab says its wider refueling infrastructure includes the first fuel depot already in orbit and four refueling missions planned over the next two years.

Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space in the United Kingdom will collaborate on REEF.

Orbit Fab’s planned refueling missions will include both refueling demonstrations and services to satellites equipped with the RAFTI interface.

Orbit Fab’s European managing director, Jacob Geer, says REEF is intended to demonstrate the viability of refuellable satellites equipped with electric propulsion.

Orbit Fab will integrate its Rapidly Attachable Fuel Transfer Interface, or RAFTI, into the REEF architecture.

Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space are preparing REEF, a ground-based satellite refueling demonstrator for electric propulsion systems intended to be serviced in orbit.

REEF will focus on fluid interfaces and operational procedures for refuellable propulsion.