In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug. 29 2023

August 30, 2023

Diamond Aircraft Sees Market Opening For Electric Trainer

Credit: Diamond Aircraft.

Diamond Aircraft’s single-piston DA40 trainer has proven a hit with flight schools around the world, racking up thousands of sales since its first flight in the late ’90s. 

Helicopter UAM Launches Again In Sao Paulo

Credit: Revo.

A new urban air mobility (UAM) service has been launched in traffic-clogged Sao Paulo, initially using helicopters but with plans to shift to electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Eve Air Mobility.

XPeng Completes China’s First Cross-River eVTOL Flight

Credit: XPeng AeroHT.

AeroHT, the advanced air mobility (AAM) subsidiary of Chinese electric carmaker XPeng, has conducted the first cross-river flight in China by an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Advanced Space Wins IARPA Contract To Find Small Space Debris

Credit: NASA.

Advanced Space has won a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (Sintra) contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to use machine learning to find and identify space debris 0.1 to 10 cm in size.

U.S. Sending Ukraine Older Sidewinders For Air Defense

Credit: U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. on Aug. 29 announced a new package of aid for Ukraine, including for the first time the announcement of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to be used for air defense.

Japan Wins U.S. Approval For JASSM-ER Buy To Bolster Counterstrikes

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Lockheed Martin To Develop Australia's Joint Air Battle Management System

Credit: Lockheed Martin.

The Australian Defense Department has picked Lockheed Martin Australia as the strategic partner to develop the country’s joint air battle management system (JABMS), which forms the architecture of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) system-of-systems capability.

Air Forces In Focus: Royal Thai Air Force

Credit: Royal Thai Air Force.

The Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) training aircraft fleet has received a big boost recently with the induction of 12 Pilatus T-6C trainer aircraft and 12 KAI T-50 advanced jet trainers. 

Lockheed Martin to develop Australia's joint air Battle Management System and Helicopter UAM launches again in Sao Paulo. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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