Arrow Flyers

Black Arrow Space Technologies

Inside this issue

New Space Show, Monaco ......... 2

Space Tech Expo, Bremen........... 2

Fundraising Update .................... 3

Exhibitions Update ..................... 3

STEM Outreach .......................... 4

Jobs & Careers ........................... 4

Finance Director......................... 4

Special points of interest

• UK Space Industry income was £14.8 billion in 2016/17, and was forecasted to rise to £15.5 billion in 2017/18

• There were 41,900 people employed in the UK Space Industry in 2016/17, and a total employment supported of 117,000 jobs

• There were 948 organisations active in the UK Space Industry in 2016/17

Source: Size & Health of the UK Space Industry 2018, LSE for UK Space Agency

2020 Vision

March 2020 is a significant month. It marks the 50th Anniversary of Britain’s

first successful rocket launch, the original Black Arrow. It also marks the

beginning of Black Arrow’s “return to flight” as Black Arrow Space

Technologies starts up and begins to turn vision in to reality.

We are delighted to announce that we have negotiated an agreement with

an investor which will fully fund our development activities—for more see

Page 3 of this Newsletter.

We have not only been busy securing funding over the last few months. We

have also exhibited at more trade exhibitions, introducing ourselves to the

World space industry at the New Space Show in Monaco and Space Tech

Euro in Bremen, and had a huge amount of positive interest from potential

suppliers, customers—both for launch services and Astrotanks—and met

many people who would like to work for us to help make our vision become

reality.

We expect things to start happening quite quickly from now on. We will

need to secure our premises so that we have a home to complete our

detailed designs and start construction of the launch vehicle. We will start

recruiting our design, production and admin teams, designing and

converting ships, planning test flights—the list is endless!

We will publish more updates in this newsletter as we have more news. Our

website will be updated regularly. Be sure to follow us on Social Media, and

encourage your friends and contacts to do the same. Our Facebook, Twitter,

LinkedIn and Instagram pages are active, and we will publish updates there

too. We also have a YouTube channel, and we will publish more content

there as it becomes available.

2020 is going to be a very exciting year—and the 2020s are going to be a

very exciting decade for Black Arrow Space Technologies and Astrotanks.

We hope you are with us on the journey!

Edition 2, February 2020

November 2019 was enjoyable for me as I was in Bremen attending

the Euro Space Tech Expo with Black Arrow. Throughout 3-days of

the Expo, hundreds of visitors and exhibitors visited the Black

Arrow stand for various reasons, some looking for business

opportunities while others looking for technological innovation.

The Expo was exciting for me as it was a good opportunity for

understanding the latest development in the space industries,

networking and understanding the supply chain involved. Paul

Williams, the Director of Black Arrow, and I took this opportunity

to promote the use of green liquid propellant in satellites. The

project is a collaboration between University of Huddersfield and

Black Arrow. Green propellant is an alternative that the space

industries heavily sought after due to increased environmental

concern, but more innovative approach, investment and

development from commercial perspective is required to make it

competitive. As an academician, I appreciate the collaboration

with Black Arrow as their experience in system development,

technological awareness and business network helps to shape our

research products to be market-orientated, easily integrated with

platform systems. If you looking for someone

who can inspire you, collaborate to launch

space technologies or extending business

opportunities in space industry, why not

discuss with Black Arrow?

Our Autumn Tour continued with visits to exhibitions in Monaco and Bremen

New Space Show, Monaco 2019

Space Tech Expo, Bremen, 2019

The New Space Show was very different from DSEI and the UK Space Conference.

It was a lot smaller, with many pre-arranged business to business meetings,

giving great opportunities to network with a wide range of people from the space

industry from Europe, North America beyond. With the less intense atmosphere

there were many more opportunities to have extended conversations with many

people—potential customers, suppliers and investors alike.

I met with a number of people who have access to investment funds and are

keen to invest in space ventures of various kinds. Contacts have been followed

up, and discussions are continuing. There were a wide range of potential

suppliers present — and one of our tasks is to develop a supply chain network to

provide equipment and services to Black Arrow to enable us to design and build

our launch vehicle and support services. With suppliers of equipment including

wiring, flight planning software, antennae, flight

tracking equipment, mission control rooms,

connectors and a whole lot more, there is plenty of

material for our design team to work with. I also met

with satellite manufacturers and operators who were

very interested in our launch service proposals.

A very constructive couple of days in Monaco!

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Black Arrow Marketing Manager

Bill Leach outside the New Space

Show, Monaco

Dr Jit Kai Chin is a Senior Lecturer in the

Department of Chemical Science at the

University of Huddersfield. He has a

particular research interest in propulsion

materials, and we were delighted he

could join us on our exhibition stand in

Bremen.

Exhibitions Update

We had a busy year in 2019

attending exhibitions to

introduce ourselves to the

world’s space industry.

We intend to build on those

initial introductions by

attending more exhibitions to

help build our customer base,

our supplier network, our

supporters and backers and our

potential employees.

The list of exhibitions we will be

attending is still to be finalised,

but is likely to include:

• Space Tech Expo USA, Long

Beach, California—May

2020

• Farnborough International

Air Show, Farnborough,

July 2020

• International Astronautical

Convention, Dubai,

October 2020

• Space Tech Expo Europe,

Bremen, November 2020

We may attend other

exhibitions and events over the

course of the year, subject to

the right opportunities being

available and resource

availability.

We will, of course, publish

details of the events we are

attending through our

Newsletters and Social Media

channels. Keep an eye out for

us!

Fundraising Update

Since the last newsletter, we have been incredibly fortunate to have

negotiated an agreement with a major investor to fully fund the

company development activities, up to the completion of the test

launch phase of the project, which is anticipated to take between two

and three years

We have a number of targets to aim for and they are not within easy

reach. We have chosen the path of innovation and the application of

cutting-edge materials, components and critical infrastructure; all of

which have been running to some degree for a while, and we expect

the Plan to be less stressful, as a result. However, we do have crucial

developments to make in-house and these will lead the team's

activities for the first 12-18 months.

Without dependence on the UK's selected spaceport for vertical

launch, we will have the freedom to develop at our own pace, to meet

our own targets. It is hoped that our readiness for flight testing will

coincide with the availability of UK Secondary Legislation to the Space

Industry Act, and industry Regulation will allow orbital flight from the

UK, from whatever site is chosen.

The next three months will be pivotal. The next newsletter will update

you fully on the status of this process.

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Founder and Chief Executive, Paul Williams

It is too early to say exactly when we will begin recruiting—but we hope it will be

soon!

We are keen to recruit a wide range of designers, engineers and researchers to help us

to create and operate the Black Arrow launch vehicle and the Astrotanks tanks and

pressure vessels. We expect potential future colleagues to come from a range of

disciplines, from space and aerospace to automotive design—and beyond. And we

expect colleagues will have a range of experience, from recent graduates to

experienced industry professionals.

We already have a number of CVs / Resumes on file from people who have expressed

an interest in joining us—rest assured we will be contacting you as soon as possible if

you have submitted your details. If you would like to submit your CV for

consideration, please do so—email outreach@blackarrow-space.uk with a covering

letter explaining your interest in Black Arrow and what you feel you can contribute to

the project.

Job opportunities will also be publicised through this newsletter, through our websites

and via our Social Media channels—please feel free to Like, Share and Tag job

opportunities if you feel they will be of interest to your friends and contacts.

Jobs and Careers

STEM Outreach

Our Chief Executive, Paul Williams, is

now a registered STEM Ambassador

in the West of England. He aims to

raise awareness of the UK’s past,

present and future in the global

space industry, and encourage all

our bright and capable children to

get involved. He has supported

“mock” interviews and presented An

Introduction to Space Engineering to

year 11/12 students at a top

Wiltshire school. He is ready to

engage with interested colleges,

schools and universities to promote

the UK – Space to Grow message.

If you would like a Black Arrow or a

STEM presentation at your university

email outreach@blackarrow-

space.uk or message us via our

Facebook page, and we will call you

back to discuss arrangements. We

look forward to meeting you.

Finance Director

I was first introduced to Black Arrow in a coffee shop in

Marlborough. The unassuming character of Paul Williams

explained that he had a financial model that needed a “little

work” for his “modest project.” Both of his assertions were an

understatement to say the least!

Two years later, I have become fully immersed in the “substantial

work” involved in modelling the complex and multiple project

streams of this “significant project” and am enthusiastically

looking forward to the next chapter of Black Arrow. Whether it is

the tenacity of the founder team members, the technical

knowledge of the development team or the reception that Black

Arrow has from all external participants in the industry that I

have had the good fortune to meet that has driven my involvement – it is the shear impact of the

project on the UK Space industry and the UK as a whole that is the most significant in my mind.

The team is remarkably impressive but so is the simplicity of the delivery of the service. Bringing

together technology and IP developed in other industries and reengineering them for Black Arrow

gives the efficiency and certainty that is required for a project of this type and size. We are not

reinventing the wheel – simply making it smoother and rounder – and then sticking a rocket on the

back of it!

It is so satisfying to be part of a project that will make a difference and the next phase of Black Arrow

promises to be the most interesting part of my career so far.

Jonathan Lack

Jonathan Lack