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Editors discuss whether M&A activity will heat up in 2023.
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Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno 

Dealmaking slowed down in the second half of 2022, but the year ended with a bang.
 
Brian Everstine

The service on Dec. 31 released the first three requests for information on what it is calling “Cross-Cutting Operational Enablers.”
 
Garrett Reim

Impulse Space plans to launch its first space tug mission, LEO Express-1, in the fourth quarter of 2023.
 
Graham Warwick

U.S. startup Aska has debuted a full-scale prototype of its A5 drive-and-fly electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
 
NASA selects 777 to replace aging DC-8, while Dassault reports slow deliveries, but brisk orders. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.
 
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Dense Tokyo is at the epicenter of the country’s space startups.
 
Ben Goldstein

Senior executives from Mesa Airlines and United Airlines say they have directly influenced design decisions at the startups they back.
 
Garrett Reim

Startup’s lunar lander is an early attempt to commercialize the Moon.
 
Guy Norris

The Dream Chaser’s ISS missions are the first of several orbital roles expected to be operated from Sierra Space’s mission control center.
 
William Garvey

Misguided grounding mission using poor-quality video and wrong ID is foiled with NextGen’s tracking tech.
 
 
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