In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 27, 2022

April 27, 2022

Boeing Reveals More Losses And Charges, Leaving Cash Questions

Boeing’s first-quarter 2022 financial results were another gusher of red ink, with the beset U.S. aerospace and defense OEM reporting new charges and negative results over most of its operations, and the company leaving investors and analysts with reasonable doubt over whether it can achieve net-positive cash flow this year. Revenue for the quarter ended March 2022 was shy of $14 billion, and 8% off a year before. Credit: USAF

Safran To Power Diamond’s Electric Trainer

Austria’s Diamond Aircraft has selected Safran’s EngineUs motor to power its eDA40 electric training aircraft. First flight is planned by the end of 2022. Safran Electrical & Power will supply its EngineUS 100 air-cooled motor for the eDA40, producing 130 kW of takeoff power. Credit: Diamond Aircraft Industries

U.S., European Astronauts Head To ISS On Crew Dragon Freedom

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit on April 27, sending four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station. Credit: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

Reliable Robotics To Demo Autonomy For AFRL

With modification of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 208 Caravan to autonomous operation already under its belt, Reliable Robotics has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate autonomous capabilities on U.S. Air Force aircraft. Credit: Reliable Robotics

Supply Issues Slow Harbour Air’s Electric Beaver

Design changes and component supply issues have pushed back the first flight of the certification prototype for Harbour Air Seaplanes’ conversion of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion. Credit: Harbour Air Seaplanes

Roscosmos Updates Sfera Multi-satellite

Roscosmos has presented an updated version of the future Sfera multi-satellite orbital constellation after the Russian government approved it in early April. Speaking at the Sfera 2022 forum held in Moscow on April 26, Roscosmos First Deputy CEO Yury Urlichich said the constellation would include 10 types of satellites: five for communication and five for Earth observation, united into a joint information system. Credit: Aviation Week Staff

Lessor LCI Orders Beta Alia-250 eVTOLs

Helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft lessor LCI has placed a firm order for 50 Beta Technologies Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) with an option for another 75. Unusually for a market so far dominated by announcements of nonbinding letters of intent, the agreement is backed by deposits. Credit: Beta Technologies

Aergility Prepares Atlis Uncrewed Cargo eVTOL For Flight

Aergility has unveiled the full-scale prototype of its Atlis hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed cargo aircraft. The aircraft is designed to carry 500 lb. of cargo 300 mi., or 400 lb. for 600 mi., with greater simplicity and reliability than competing eVTOL aircraft. Credit: Aergility

NGAD To Cost ‘Multiple Hundreds of Millions’ Each

The U.S. Air Force expects its future Next Generation Air Dominance sixth-generation aircraft to cost multiple hundreds of millions of dollars per copy, and the service is already expecting cost offsets to come with open systems architecture and other components that are government- and not contractor-owned. Credit: Northrop Grumman

VH-92 Reaches IOC; U.S. Navy Warns Full Capability Could Be Delayed

The U.S. Marine Corps and the White House are starting the integration of the new Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter after declaring it reached initial operational capability (IOC), though the Navy says full operational capability could be delayed without fixes to a troubled electronics system. Credit: Lockheed Martin

U.S. Navy Eyes International Pilot, Maintainer Training Center

A U.S. Navy proposal now under review would establish a dedicated training center for aircraft pilots and maintainers in foreign militaries, a service official said at Aviation Week’s Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium here on April 27. The proposal would build on the International Sustainment Center (ISC) opened by the Navy in 2016, says Balwindar Rawalay-VanDeVoort, a division director at the center. Credit: US Navy

Military MRO Spending Rises, But So Do New Pressures

Military demand for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) will grow significantly over the next decade, but several factors—including galloping inflation, a scarcity of workers and shortages of key materials—are putting pressure on the supply chain, said speakers here at Aviation Week’s Military Aviation Logistics and Maintenance Symposium (MALMS) on April 27. Total MRO spending is expected to rise to $1.2 trillion globally by 2031.

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AFRL Building Multi-Energy Electron Device To Simulate Space Weather

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has announced that it is developing a multi-energy electron source capable of emitting a beam of electrons at dozens of energies simultaneously. The laboratory believes the device would better simulate space weather than currently available equipment. Credit: AFRL

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David

Thu, 04/28/2022 - 16:10

Saw the K-46 Pegasus on display at Sun-N-Fun. Most impressive.

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