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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Podcast: Spatial Awareness—Live From The 40th Space Symposium | Aviation Week Network

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Guy Norris |Irene Klotz |Vivienne Machi |Garrett Reim

https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg Skip to main content Editors at the 40th Space Symposium discuss everything from threats to NASA's science missions to the Golden Dome air-defense concept. Subscribe NowDon't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Follow us in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.
SkyDrive Flies SD-05 eVTOL In First Public Demo

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

SkyDrive has flown its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi for the first time in a public demonstration, at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The Expo officially opens on April 13, but SkyDrive demonstrated its aircraft April 9 ahead of the formal opening of the show, at the...
Umbra Wins Contract To Develop Maritime Tip-And-Cue SAR Satellite

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

COLORADO SPRINGS—Startup Umbra has received a Strategic Funding Increase (Stratfi) contract from SpaceWERX to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite that can tip-and-cue targets in “maritime applications.” Stratfi contracts are intended to mature technologies to operational readiness and...
Space Robotics Startup Gitai Forms Defense Subsidiary

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Gitai was founded in Japan, but moved its headquarters to the U.S. in 2023COLORADO SPRINGS—Space robotics startup Gitai has established a defense subsidiary aimed at winning contracts as a prime contractor from the U.S. Defense Department and NASA. Gitai was started in Japan, but the company moved most employees and its headquarters to Torrance, California and established...
Astroscale To Attempt U.S. Space Force Satellite Refueling In 2026

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

The Astroscale U.S. Refueler spacecraft would also be topped off by Orbit Fab's orbiting fueling depot. COLORADO SPRINGS—Astroscale U.S. plans to attempt two U.S. Space Force satellite refueling operations in geostationary orbit (GEO) after its scheduled launch in the summer of 2026. The company’s Refueler also would be refueled itself after transferring propellant to a client satellite via an orbital...
Astroscale To Attempt U.S. Space Force Satellite Refueling In 2026

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

COLORADO SPRINGS—Astroscale U.S. plans to attempt two U.S. Space Force satellite refueling operations in geostationary orbit (GEO) after its scheduled launch in the summer of 2026. The company’s Refueler also would be refueled itself after transferring propellant to a client satellite via an orbital fuel depot built by Orbit Fab. One of the satellites that would be refueled is the Space Force’s Tetra-5 spacecraft.
Axiom Space To Launch Data Centers Within Kepler Laser Relay Network

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

COLORADO SPRINGS—Axiom Space plans to launch two Orbital Data Centers before the end of the year contained as payloads within satellites that are part of Kepler Communications’ laser relay network. The company designed the payloads to provide on-orbit data storage, processing and artificial intelligence services, it said April 7 here at the Space Symposium.
ISS National Lab Launches ‘Orbital Edge’ Accelerator

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Six startups are to be chosen to receive up to $500,000 each. The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory plans to launch its Orbital Edge Accelerator program. For its inaugural cohort of startups, the accelerator plans to select six companies to receive investments of up to $500,000 each and an opportunity to launch a payload to the space...
Aetherflux Raises $50m, Eyes 2026 Laser Power Beaming Demo

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Aetherflux has raised a $50 million Series A round of financing as it prepares to demonstrate infrared laser power beaming from a subscale low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite next year. The company aims to provide power beaming to the U.S. Defense Department and for disaster relief, it said on April 2....
Gitai Japan Awarded Robotic Arm Study For JAXA’s Crewed Lunar Rover

3 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Garrett Reim

Gitai’s Japanese subsidiary has been awarded a contract by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to conduct a concept study for a robotic arm to be integrated on the space agency’s pressurized crewed lunar rover. JAXA and Toyota have been conducting joint research on a pressurized rover...