Garrett Reim

Los Angeles, Seattle

Space and Emerging Technologies Editor at Aviation Week

Space & Emerging Technologies Editor for Aviation Week. Space/ advanced tech: startups, advanced air mobility, A.I. Send tips: [email protected]

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Articles

DARPA’s Aerial Laser Network Could Power Autonomous Warfare

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

"Logistics wins wars" is a timeless maxim. For more than 100 years, those logistics have been based on shipping petroleum fuels to power aircraft, tanks and ships. DARPA thinks it can move vital warfighting energy around the battlefield a bit faster—at the speed of light. The research and...
ESA Opens European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Center

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

The facility will be hosted by the Paul Scherrer Institute. The European Space Agency (ESA) has opened its European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Center in Villigen, Switzerland, a research facility focused on advanced technologies that could be used by the space industry. The center is a collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute, a Swiss national research...
Debrief: Can Solar Thermal Propulsion Eclipse Nuclear Systems For Spacecraft?

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

If you want to go fast–and far–in space, the consensus is that you have to go nuclear. The U.S. Space Force, DARPA and NASA in recent years have funded several nuclear propulsion development efforts that they believe could make spacecraft rapidly maneuverable around Earth or efficient for long...
Astrobotic Flight Acceptance Tests For Lunar Wireless Charger Finished

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Astrobotic says it has successfully completed flight model acceptance testing of its lunar wireless charging system. The wireless charger is designed to transfer energy to equipment such as lunar rovers, scientific instruments and handheld astronaut tools on the Moon, Astrobotic said on May 22. The...
Urban-Air Port Moves Into Defense With Drone-Launching Military Truck

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Urban-Air Port, a UK-based vertiport developer, is expanding into the defense sector with the introduction of its DBx-A1, a military truck that launches loitering munitions and provides logistical support for UAVs. The DBx-A1 is a collaboration with Drone Evolution of the UK, a developer of first...
DARPA Claims Laser Power Beaming Record Over 8.6 km

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

The compact aperture for the demo allowed very little laser light to escape, DARPA says. DARPA is claiming a power-beaming distance record after transmitting energy using a laser over 8.6 km (5.3 mi). The research and development agency recorded more than 800 watts delivered during a 30-sec. transmission from a laser 8.6 km away, it said on May 16. “These tests, referred to as PRAD...
SpaceX Buys Bankrupt Akoustis’ Assets For $30.2m

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

SpaceX has acquired “substantially all” of the assets of Akoustis Technologies, a bankrupt maker of radio frequency (RF) filters. Akoustis makes bulk acoustic wave high-band radio frequency filters. For about $30.2 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities, its assets were sold to...
Norway Joins Artemis Accords, Signaling Trump Admin’s Support

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Norway has signed onto the Artemis Accords, the latest signal that President Donald Trump continues to support the quasi-coalition for space norms. The Artemis Accords were launched by President Donald Trump in 2020 during his first term. Former President Joe Biden went on to significantly expand...
SpaceX Proposes Starlink GPS In Letter to FCC

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

SpaceX is proposing a Starlink-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) service as a complement or alternative to conventional GPS. The company sees using its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites for PNT as “low-hanging fruit,” Jameson Dempsey, director of satellite policy, wrote...
Helium-3 Contract Marks Major Symbolic Shift In Lunar Economy

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

In what appears to be a historic first, Moon-mining startup Interlune has signed contracts to excavate, process and return thousands of liters of helium-3 to Earth. The contracts are a symbolic first step in transforming the Moon from a scientific outpost into a strategic and economic territory...