In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug. 31 2022

September 01, 2022

SpaceX ISS Crew Flight Services Contract Grows To $4.9B

Credit: SpaceX. NASA has added five more missions to SpaceX’s crew transportation services contract, bringing the total value for 14 flights to $4.9 billion.

Portugal Acquiring Firefighting Black Hawks

Credit: DOD. The Portuguese Air Force is acquiring six used Black Hawk helicopters to boost the country’s firefighting capability.

NASA, Axiom Space Target 2023 For 2nd ISS Private Astronaut Mission

Credit: NASA. NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for a second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), planned for the second quarter of 2023.

Royal Caribbean To Use SpaceX’s Starlink On Cruise Ships

Credit: Royal Caribbean Group. The cruise ship operator is working to install the terminals aboard all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises ships, as well as new vessels for each of those brands, it said on Aug. 30.

Accenture Joins Strategic Backers Of Hyperspectral Sat Startup Pixxel

Credit: Pixxel. Satellite-based hyperspectral imagery and data provider Pixxel expects to launch its first “commercial-phase” satellites in early 2023, followed by more later that year, representatives said in August while revealing the startup’s latest strategic backer, Accenture.

Dream Chaser To Deliver Life Sciences Incubator To ISS

Credit: Sierra Space. Sierra Space has signed a deal to use its Dream Chaser spaceplane in 2024 to deliver to the International Space Station (ISS) a life sciences incubator made by German biotech company Yuri.

Saab Launches Aircraft Fuselage Production At U.S. Plant

Credit: Saab. Saab will launch production of aft fuselage systems for a Boeing advanced trainer at a newly opened plant in West Lafayette, Indiana, under a $71.2 million contract, the Swedish manufacturer said on Aug. 31.

U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Mulling New Operating Cost Target For F-35

Credit: U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Air Force wants to set a new target for the annual operating costs of the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but has not decided yet what the final number will be, service and company officials say.

Daily Memo: French Supply Chain Consolidation Progresses

Credit: Mecachrome. The French aerospace industry’s lobbying group GIFAS has long urged small players to unite to target economies of scale and resilience, and the merger shows it is happening in earnest. Moreover, it epitomizes that consolidation.

Gaps Remain In Japanese Defense Budget Request

Credit: U.S. Navy

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Engine Fires Spur U.S. Army To Ground Chinook Fleet

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week

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Ursa Major Wins USAF Rocket Engine Contract

Credit: Ursa Major. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Ursa Major a $3.6 million contract to develop a rocket engine for the booster and upper stages of satellite launches to low Earth orbit by year’s end.

Singapore Open To F-35A Variants Despite Initial F-35B Buy

Credit: U.S. Air Force

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Germany Tests Eurofighter Typhoon Logistics In Asia Deployment

Credit: Chen Chuanren. The Luftwaffe is satisfied with the reliability and readiness shown by its Eurofighter Typhoons at nearly the halfway point of Germany’s high-intensity deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.

From Germany tests eurofighter typhoon logistics in Asia deployment to NASA to try again to launch SLS on Sept. 3. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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