Fire Arrow has announced its partnership with Arup, a global engineering consultancy dedicated to sustainable development, the first in a series of high-profile strategic partners, to boost its ability to provide sustainable, responsive and low-cost access to space.
As a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally, Arup collaborates with clients and partners, using imagination, technology, and rigour to deliver complex projects and shape a better world.
Fire Arrow has been in discussion with various governments and private companies to support them in developing their sovereign space launch capability in a safe, responsive, sustainable, and affordable manner.
Likewise, the firm works with multiple ‘best in class’ organizations across market analysis, launcher pairing, safety and risk, human factors, environmental impact analysis, air space change, design, construction, regulatory support and launch brokerage, delivering a turnkey service to deliver licensed spaceports.
Arup has participated in other space projects, including the early development and design of two of Scotland’s spaceports, working on the Sutherland Spaceport vertical launch facility and the Prestwick Spaceport horizontal launch facility.
Arup’s work with Fire Arrow consequently broadens Arup’s horizons as the company grows its involvement in the fast-growing commercial space sector.
Commenting on the partnership, Stuart Fyvie, Technical Director of Fire Arrow said, “Partnering with Arup is another positive step for Fire Arrow, aligning perfectly with our desire to advance space access opportunities in a way that minimises the environmental impact of construction and launch activity.”
The Technical Director also added, “Our team’s skill sets, and the capabilities across Fire Arrow’s network of close to twenty strategic spaceport delivery partners, dovetail perfectly with Arup’s expertise and we do not doubt that this collaboration will result in meaningful contributions to the development of modern spaceports.”
