In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Dec. 08 2022

December 08, 2022

Collins Opens Massive Indian Engineering And Operations Centers

Over the next five years Collins plans to spend $200 million on building up its engineering and manufacturing capabilities in India.

Credit: Collins Aerospace

L3 Harris, KAL-ASD Join Hands For South Korean AEW Requirement

The companies are proposing a modified Bombardier Global 6500 for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) E-X Batch II airborne early warning program.

Credit: KAL-ASD

Virgin Orbit’s First UK Launch Delayed

Virgin Orbit had been eyeing a launch window starting Dec. 14 for its first UK flight of LauncherOne. 

Credit: Virgin Orbit

AARGM-ER Hits First Moving, Maritime Target In Fourth Flight Test

The fourth overall test of AARGM-ER in the Point Mugu Sea Range off California follows a series of free flight tests.

Credit: U.S. Navy

Boeing Delivers New Zealand’s First P-8A Poseidon

Boeing has handed over the first of four P-8A Poseidons to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Credit: Boeing

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gathers Valuable Martian Dust

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has added two samples of windblown broken rock and dust, also known as regolith, to its growing collection of rock core samples.

Credit: NASA

Lilium’s eVTOL Battery Suppliers Raise Funds

German premium battery manufacturer CustomCells has raised €60 million in a Series A funding round led by European climate technology investor World Fund.

Credit: CustomCells

GKN Partners On Testing Of Hydrogen Propulsion

GKN Aerospace has partnered with UK independent advanced propulsion research center IAAPS to ground test a megawatt-scale electric aircraft powertrain.

Credit: GKN Aerospace

DOD Awards $9B Cloud Contracts To Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle

Credit: DOD

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Boeing has handed over the first of four P-8A Poseidons to the Royal New Zealand Air Force and Virgin Orbit had been eyeing a launch window starting Dec. 14 for its first UK flight of LauncherOne. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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