In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Dec. 6, 2021

December 06, 2021

Draken To Expand Red Air Fleet By Acquiring Norwegian F-16s

Draken International is to purchase F-16s from Norway to support its U.S. training contracts. Read the full story. Credit Tony Osborne

Euclid Telescope Assembly Nears Completion Ahead Of Dark Universe Mission

The space telescope has been built to address two of the most important questions: How did the universe originate and why is it expanding at an accelerating rate? Read the full story. Credit: Thierry Dubois

NASA To Add Up To Three ISS Crew Taxi Flights To SpaceX Contract

NASA said it intends to issue a sole-source modification to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities contract that would enable the agency to purchase up to three more crew flights to the International Space Station. Read the full story. Credit NASA

Iron Dome Not An Answer For Guam’s Defense, Official Says

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s top funding priority, missile defense for Guam, is likely to slip beyond the required original targeted fielded date of 2026, with the command waiting for the Pentagon’s 2023 budget to outline the way forward. Read the full story. Credit: U.S. Air Force 

Thales Alenia Space Rehearses With ExoMars 2022 Rover

Using a twin model of the flight rover, engineers are preparing for a post-landing egress test. Read the full story. 

Credit: Thierry Dubois

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