In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 4 2023

April 05, 2023

Volocopter Certification Progress Keeps Paris 2024 Debut In Sight

Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July.

Credit: Volocopter

Japan Eyes More J/FPS-3 Radar Sales To Southeast Asia

Japan has already sold the MELCO-built J/FPS-3ME air surveillance radar system to the Philippines.

Credit: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

U.S. Navy Seeks LRASM-Like Quantity For High-Speed Missile

The Joint Staff last year accepted a plan to cut the program of record for the MQ-4C by 46 aircraft, limiting orbits to the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf regions.

Credit: Raytheon

 

LiquidPiston Launches 25-hp Heavy-Fuel Rotary Engine

A prototype of the basketball-sized XTS-210 engine is planned for delivery to the U.S. Army in 2024.

Credit: LiquidPiston

NASA’s Artemis II No Small Step In Human Return To Moon

The chief objective of NASA’s Artemis II mission is to do something that NASA’s Artemis I mission conducted late last year was not equipped to address.

Credit: NASA

Austin Picks New Defense Innovation Unit Director

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is overhauling the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

Credit: Defense Department

U.S. Navy, Air Force Close To Agreement On CCA Operations

The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.

Credit: U.S. Navy

Air Forces In Focus: Turkish Air Force

Turkey is the second-largest military aircraft operator in Europe after France.

Credit: https://aviationweek.com/sites/default/files/2023-03/tf-x_1_turkish-aer…

U.S. Navy To Limit MQ-4Cs To Three Regions After 64% Fleet Cut

The Joint Staff last year accepted a plan to cut the program of record for the MQ-4C by 46 aircraft, limiting orbits to the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf regions.

Credit: Northrop Grumman

Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is overhauling the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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