In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug. 23 2022

August 24, 2022

Air Forces In Focus: Indonesian Air Force

The Indonesian Air Force and its sister services are engaged in a long-term modernization effort known as the Minimum Essential Force program that ostensibly began in 2010 with the aim of boosting the country’s military capabilities by 2024.

RAF P-8 Completes First Search-And-Rescue Mission

Credit: Royal Air Force. One of the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has been credited with helping to rescue two rowers in the North Atlantic.

AW249 Attack Helo Performs Initial Flight Tests In Italy

Credit: Leonardo Helicopters. Leonardo Helicopters has performed initial flight tests of its AW249 attack helicopter under development for the Italian Army.

FAA OKs Reliable Robotics’ Certification Basis For Autoflight

Credit: Reliable Robotics. The FAA has agreed to a certification basis for Reliable Robotics’ autoflight and navigation systems.

U.S. Army Wants To Expand Counter-UAS Capabilities, Training

Credit: Mark Schauer/U.S. Army. Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, the Army’s director of the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office and Director of Fires, says the war has shown that small drones are able to do more than harass and drop individual weapons, like grenades.

U.S. Army Postpones Further Zephyr Flight Tests After Loss

Credit: Airbus Defense and Space. The U.S. Army has halted further flight tests of the Airbus Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite following the loss of one of the aircraft after a 64-day flight.

SLS-Orion Are Go For Launch

Credit: NASA. Following an 11-hr. flight readiness review (FRR), NASA on Aug. 22 cleared the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for a launch on the kickoff mission of the Artemis program, a U.S.-led initiative to establish a permanent human presence in deep space.

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