In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Feb. 22, 2022

February 23, 2022

MightyFly Completes Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Hover Tests

Credit: MightyFly



Autonomous logistics startup MightyFly has completed initial test flights for its planned MF-100 unmanned cargo aircraft.




U.S. Sending F-35s, AH-64s To NATO’s Eastern Flank

Credit: U.S. Air Force



The U.S. will forward deploy up to eight F-35As to NATO’s eastern flank and send 32 AH-64 attack helicopters to Poland and the Baltic region by the end of the week as tensions continue to flare between Russia and Ukraine.




Turkish Aerospace Certifies New Hurkus Variant

Credit: Turkish Aerospace



Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has secured a type certificate for a new version of the company’s Hurkus turboprop trainer. The Hurkus HYEU (a Turkish acronym for Air-Ground Integration Support) will be dedicated to the training of forward air controllers and joint terminal attack controllers.




ARPA-E Funds Pratt & Whitney Work On Hydrogen Turbine Engine

Credit: Pratt & Whitney



Pratt & Whitney is to design a high-efficiency, hydrogen-fueled aircraft turbine engine with funding support from the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).




HyPoint Opens Aircraft Fuel Cell Center In UK

Credit: Hypoint



Aircraft fuel-cell developer HyPoint has opened an R&D and production facility in Sandwich, England. The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.




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