In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Feb. 24, 2022

February 25, 2022

BAE Addressing ESG Investor Concerns

Credit: Airbus


BAE Systems says it is working to make the defense industry’s voice heard over investor concerns about the sector’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials. The company’s chairman said it was important that investors recognize the defense industry is “responsible, government-backed, strictly regulated and ethically led … and not an unregulated and irresponsible alternative model.”

Rolls-Royce CEO To Stand Down; Successor Not Named

Credit: Rolls-Royce / Flickr


Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East plans to leave the company at the end of 2022, triggering a search for his replacement, the company said Feb. 24. East has been with the engine manufacturer for nine years and CEO for almost eight

Long-Awaited Eurodrone Contract Finally Signed

Credit: Airbus Defense and Space


A contract for the development of a European multi-national medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system finally has been signed by Airbus and European defense materiel agency OCCAR.

NASA Targets SLS Rollout For March 17

Credit: Frank Michaux/NASA


NASA is aiming to roll out its first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) on March 17 for a key tanking test ahead of launch no sooner than late May on the Artemis I mission.

Stratolaunch’s Roc Retracts Gear For First Time

Credit: NASA Spaceflight


Stratolaunch’s Roc retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time on the 385-ft.-wingspan carrier aircraft’s fourth test flight from Mojave, California, on Feb. 24. After takeoff, the twin-fuselage, six-engine aircraft climbed to 15,000 ft., then the crew deployed the flaps and slowed to 150 kt. before retracting the gear and doors.

From BAE addressing ESG investor concerns, to Rolls-Royce CEO to stand down. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news. 

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