In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug. 08, 2022

August 09, 2022

Horizon Goes Private Again, Prepares To Fly Subscale eVTOL

Credit: Horizon Aircraft. The milestone comes as Ontario-based Horizon reverses its June 2021 acquisition by publicly traded Astro Aerospace, reprivatizing itself in a bid to access more flexible private-sector funding mechanisms.

Airspace Integration Curbs May Stifle New Aircraft, UK Working Group Says

Credit: Future Flight Challenge/UKRI. Its 23 members are drawn from government, trade associations, operators, academia, communications service providers and others. The UK’s airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and air navigation service provider, NATS, are also represented.

Northrop Partners With Firefly For New Antares Engine

Credit: Northrop Grumman. Russia banned the sale of rocket engines to U.S. companies in response to trade sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine in February.

Vertical Completes eVTOL Prototype, Adds Funds

Credit: Vertical Aerospace. Bristol-based Vertical ended the first half of 2022 with £158 million ($190 million) cash in hand, having raised $300 million in December 2021 through its going-public merger with blank-check company Broadstone Acquisition.

U.S. Sending More NASAMs, HIMARS Ammo To Ukraine

Credit: Raytheon. The latest package, the 18th tranche of equipment provided under the presidential drawdown authority of Pentagon equipment, brings the total aid provided to Ukraine to $9.1 billion since Russia invaded the nation in late February.

Daedalean Sets Up In U.S. As AI Avionics Move Toward Certification

Credit: Daedalean/Avidyne. The company’s office in Phoenix will be headed by Americas President Yemaya Bordain, formerly Intel’s global sales director.

F-16 Belly Landing In Italy Shows Landing Gear Issues Persisting

Credit: U.S. Air Force. A U.S. Air Force investigation into the incident released Aug. 2 found that the left outboard main landing gear bearing failed and fell off during takeoff.

XTI Returns To Turbine Propulsion For TriFan VTOL

Credit: XTI Aircraft. Two 7-ft.-dia. tilting ducted fans are now mounted on the fuselage, forward of the wing, instead of the previous wing-mounted arrangement.

The Weekly Debrief: Russian Security Forces Target Hypersonic Scientists

Credit: Kremlin Press Center. The Soviet Union dissolved more than 30 years ago, but a cloud of suspicion again hovers over aeronautical scientists in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The Aerospace Corp.’s Infrared Camera Cubesat Spots Rocket Launches

Credit: The Aerospace Corp. The Rogue Alpha-Beta mission, which launched two cubesats in November 2019 to a low Earth orbit of 460 km (286 mi.), is ongoing and has spotted the upper stages of four SpaceX Falcon 9 and Soyuz rocket launches, says Dee Pack, director of the Remote Sensing Department at The Aerospace Corp.

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of August. 1 - August 5, 2022

Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, has been awarded an $854,368,644 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

From Horizon going private again as it prepares to fly subscale eVTOL to Northrop partnering with Firefly for new Antares engine. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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