El Festival de Innovación y Futuro UC 2026 ya está en marcha.
📅Este 8 y 9 de julio reuniremos a startups, academia, empresas y sector público para conversar sobre cómo transformar conocimiento en crecimiento real.
🎟️ Entradas disponibles aquí: https://t.co/nZKvHVTzdd
Firefly Aerospace $FLY says it can launch critical national-security missions with just 24 hours’ notice, a capability that could become increasingly important for the U.S. Space Force.
CEO Jason Kim told Benzinga that Firefly proved the ability during the U.S. Space Force’s VICTUS NOX mission, a responsive-space demonstration designed to test rapid satellite deployment.
For decades, launches were planned months or years in advance. Now, defense customers are asking what happens if a satellite needs to reach orbit tomorrow.
Firefly’s Alpha rocket successfully completed the VICTUS NOX mission, showing it could compress launch timelines that usually take months into a matter of days.
Kim said Firefly has since made responsive launch part of its baseline operations.
The push reflects how important space assets have become for national security, including communications, navigation, intelligence gathering and missile warning.
As adversaries develop anti-satellite capabilities, the ability to quickly replace or deploy satellites could become a major military advantage.
Kim said customers are also looking for on-orbit maneuverability, space-domain awareness, rendezvous operations, long-haul communications and more agile space architectures.
The takeaway: the next phase of the space race may not only be about bigger rockets or heavier payloads. It may be about which company can get to orbit fastest when national security depends on it.
🚨 BREAKING: Chile's right-wing President Jose Kast just unveiled a new BORDER SHIELD, ordering his military to surge construction of anti-illegal migration trenches to harden up his nation's sovereignty
His presidency began not even a WEEK ago.
SECURE THE AMERICAS! 🇺🇸🇨🇱
"Participating in this challenge allowed us to test our skills and knowledge in engineering, teamwork, and the development of technological proposals at a global level," said Tomás Astudillo, UC Chile student and executive director of the Condor Motorsports team.
Outstanding performance! UC Chile students from the Faculty of Engineering were awarded the "Rookie of the year" prize in their first nautical competition at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2024. This competition promotes sustainable propulsion systems and boat designs.
👏Felicitamos a Cóndor Motorsports integrado en su mayoría por estudiantes de #IngenieríaUC, obtuvo el premio al participante más destacado en su primera competencia en Mónaco Energy Boat Challenge 2024🚤💦
📌Conoce más detalles aquí
https://t.co/gm3R9b4tiZ
Starship completed its rehearsal for launch, loading more than 10 million pounds of propellant on Starship and Super Heavy and taking the flight-like countdown to T-10 seconds