In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Jan. 5, 2022

North Korea Claims Hypersonic Milestone In Latest Test

A North Korean news agency claims the hypersonic glider maneuvered during flight to strike a target about 700 km (430 mi.) away. 

AAM Fundraising Attention Turns To eSTOL, eCTOL

After playing out through most of 2020 and 2021 for the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry, the process of assembling memorandums of understanding, letters of intent and other expressions of interest to bolster fundraising drives is underway in other parts of the evolving advanced air mobility market. Credit: Eviation Aircraft

Northrop Confirms Supplier Role For Precision Strike Missile

A Northrop Grumman announcement about a static test offers the first confirmation of the company’s role as the solid rocket motor supplier for the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile. Credit: Northrop Grumman

Airbus, Eve Leading Next Wave Of AAM Companies

Eve Urban Air Mobility’s announcement on Dec. 21 that it planned to go public in 2022 through a merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition sets the stage for the Embraer spinoff to be one of the leaders of the next tranche of advanced air mobility companies entering the market after 2025. Credit: Airbus

AST SpaceMobile Reveals Manufacturing Headquarters

AST SpaceMobile, a newly public company aiming to establish a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones, has offered a peak inside its 85,000-ft.2 manufacturing headquarters in Midland, Texas. Credit: AST SpaceMobile

From North Korea claiming a hypersonic milestone in its latest test to a Northrop Grumman announcement about a static test. Take a look at the daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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