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Blue Origin Veterans Land at Starfighters as Commercial Space Race Tightens

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Starfighters Space (NYSE American: FJET) appointed Jose Arias as VP Space Operations and Catrina L. Medeiros as Director STARLAUNCH Operations, both formerly from Blue Origin’s New Glenn program, as operational talent migrates across the commercial space sector.

Two Blue Origin Operators Just Joined a MACH 2+ Air-Launch Platform

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Starfighters Space (NYSE American: FJET) appointed Jose Arias as Vice President, Space Operations, and Catrina L. Medeiros as Director, STARLAUNCH Operations, both departing from Blue Origin’s New Glenn program. Arias previously led process improvements at Blue Origin that compressed integration cycle time from 76 days to 13 days, while Medeiros managed the New Glenn Stage 2 program and spent over a decade on Lockheed Martin’s Orion crew module program at Kennedy Space Center.

A Wind Tunnel in the Sky: What “Commercial Space Capability” Means in 2026

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Starfighters Space, Inc. (NYSE American: FJET) announced on April 30, 2026 that its F-104 Starfighter aircraft fleet is available as an airborne aerodynamic test platform, describing it as the world’s largest fleet of commercial supersonic aircraft capable of replicating conditions including the first 30 seconds of a vertical rocket launch.

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