In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug, 16 2022

August 17, 2022

NASA Selects High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Processor

Credit: NASA. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected Microchip Technology to develop a High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor with “at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers.”

Air Forces In Focus: U.S. Marine Corps Aviation

This April, the U.S. Marine Corps released the first new iteration of its Aviation Plan in three years. An element of Force Design 2030, the 2022 plan represents the air element of USMC Commandant Gen.

Aurora To Help Develop eVTOL Design Tool Set

Credit: NASA. Boeing company Aurora Flight Sciences has partnered with the University of California (UC) San Diego to develop tools to automate the design of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles under a NASA University Leadership Initiative project.

U.S. Army Researching Drone To Carry Blood To Wounded Soldiers

Credit: SkyDrive. As part of its Project Crimson research effort, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center is looking for a drone to quickly deliver blood to wounded service members during times when medical evacuation is not possible.

U.S. Army Transfers Satcom Mission To Space Force

Credit: U.S. Space Force. The U.S. Army on Aug. 15 transferred its satellite communications mission to the U.S. Space Force, putting control of all military satcom under one command.

USAF, Navy Test Launch Minuteman III Missile

Credit: U.S. Air Force. U.S. Air Force and Navy crews launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Aug. 16 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in the first test since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

GA-ASI Tests Canadian-Built Engine As Future MQ-9B Option

Credit: GA-ASI. A Canadian-built turboprop engine has been tested on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9B aircraft for the first time, the San Diego-based maker of uncrewed air systems said on Aug. 16.

MH-139 Gets FAA Certifications, To Start Military Testing

Credit: Boeing. The U.S. Air Force and Boeing completed the first three FAA supplemental type certifications for the MH-139 Grey Wolf in early August and the new helicopter is set to start military testing this month, the service says.

USMC Blames Fatal MV-22 Crash In Norway On Pilot Error

Credit: Cornelius Poppe/NTB/AFP/Getty Images. A five-month investigation released on Aug. 15 by the U.S. Marine Corps blames pilot error for a crash of a Bell Boeing MV-22B Block C Osprey that killed all four crew members in Norway on March 18.

U.S. Navy Analyzing Chinese Intercepts

Credit: Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet is trying to wrap their heads around the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) airborne intercept patterns and their implications for wider military aviation operation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Top Aces Cleared To Fly Upgraded F-16s As Aggressors

Credit: Top Aces. Privately owned Lockheed Martin F-16s are now eligible to fly adversary air, or “aggressor,” missions for the U.S. Air Force, Canadian contracted air services specialist Top Aces said Aug. 16.

Philippine Air Force Looks To Chinooks, Considers KF-21

Credit: AB Forces News Collection/Alamy Stock Photo. After scrapping a PHP12.7 billion ($228 million) deal with Russia for Mi-17 helicopters, the Philippines is now considering an offer that would see the U.S. supply Boeing CH-47 Chinooks to fulfill its heavy-lift helicopter requirement.

KAL-ASD Tapped To Develop Stealth UAS Squadron For South Korea

Credit: KAL-ASD. Korean Air’s Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) said it has been chosen by South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) as the preferred bidder to develop a “stealth UAS squadron” for the country.

From KAL-ASD tapped to develop stealth UAS squadron for South Korea to American Airlines' overture order boosts boom supersonic backlog. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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