In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 20 2023

Credit: Leonardo UK.

Leonardo has delivered the first example of the so-called Radar 2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) sensor for integration and testing on the Eurofighter Typhoon. 

Credit: HawkEye 360.

HawkEye 360, a commercial radio-frequency data analytics company, is developing a third block of satellites that will boost its constellation’s revisit rate and speed delivery of data to the ground. 

Credit: Raytheon.

A key upgrade for the Raytheon AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (Amraam) has cleared a functional configuration audit, showing that testing has validated an upgrade to its kinematic range.

Credit: MBDA.

France is expanding its skills in the field of loitering munitions with three studies underway to evaluate industry proposals.

Credit: UK Royal Air Force.

The UK Defense Ministry may have been able to deliver lethal aid to Ukraine quickly, but lawmakers have questioned whether procurement officials can do the same for the country’s own armed forces. 

Credit: BAE Systems.

BAE Systems is advancing development of a collective training system that could allow the numerous educational devices used by militaries to be fused. 

Credit: Rain Industries.

With the goal of developing “fire sprinklers for the forest,” U.S. startup Rain Industries has demonstrated the capability for automated rapid initial wildfire attack by remotely commanding a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter via satellite.

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