In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Aug.16 2023

Credit: Horizon Aircraft.

Canadian startup Horizon Aircraft plans to list publicly through a merger with a Hawaii-based blank-check company as it seeks to raise funds to develop a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Credit: United Launch Alliance.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) remains on target for the first flight of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket before year’s end, CEO Tory Bruno told Aerospace DAILY. 

Gen. Anthony Cotton.

The U.S. military’s nuclear command is undergoing a review of its warhead stockpile needs as the future of the New START Treaty remains in jeopardy and in light of China’s own nuclear growth, the command’s top officer says.

Credit:  Aerospace Corp.

Aerospace Corp.’s experimental DiskSat satellite is headed to a critical design review (CDR) this week, as the program remains on track for a 2024 launch.

Credit: Aerovolt.

Startup Aerovolt has begun rolling out its initial electric aircraft charging stations at airports in the Southern UK, marking the first stage in a larger plan to build out the country’s first dedicated aviation charging network. 

Credit: NASA/JHU-APL.

NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is building up to a critical design review (CDR) in the early fall and a planned launch in June 2027 after being delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Credit: Taiwan Space Agency.

The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) has announced its ambition to enter the commercial space industry, starting with the goal of developing three cubsats.