In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug. 17 2022

August 18, 2022

USAF Grounds CV-22 Fleet Over Gearbox Safety Concerns

Credit: USN. The U.S. Air Force has grounded its Bell-Boeing CV-22 fleet due to issues with the tiltrotor’s gearbox causing multiple safety incidents, including one as recent as last weekend.

AIRO Plans IPO To Fund eVTOL Ambitions

Credit: AIRO Holdings Group. With the ambition of becoming a midtier aerospace and defense player, AIRO Holdings Group plans an initial public offering (IPO) to fund its entry into the electric air mobility market.

Russian Spacewalk Cut Short Outside Space Station

Credit: NASA. A Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) ended well ahead of schedule on Aug. 17 when Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev experienced a sudden voltage fluctuation in the internal battery that powered his spacesuit’s life support system.

Changing Tanker Plans Include Accelerated KC-Z, USAF Says

Credit: USAF. U.S. Air Force officials say the next-generation KC-Z aerial refueling tanker will be needed far sooner than its original schedule, and market research on the platform will start at least six years earlier than planned.

UK Royal Air Force Extends C-130J Life

Credit: U.S. Air Force. The UK Royal Air Force has extended the life of its Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifters for another three months as it attempts to overcome shortfalls in availability of its Airbus A400M fleet.

SLS Reaches Launchpad For Artemis I

Credit: NASA.The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 17 in preparation for an Aug. 29 launch attempt.

Electric Alice Nearing First Flight At Moses Lake

Credit: Eviation. Eviation has released the first images of its Alice electric regional aircraft undergoing final preparations for first flight at AeroTEC’s flight-test center in Moses Lake, Washington.

British, French And German Fighters Head To Australia

Credit: German Air Force. Combat aircraft from France, Germany and the UK are en route to Australia to participate in the multi-national Exercise Pitch Black.

British Army Expanding Air Defense Capability

Credit: MBDA. The British Army is to expand its ground-based air defense (GBAD) capability with plans to develop short and medium-range missile and counter-drone systems.

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