In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Jul. 12 2023

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South Korean drone maker This Is Engineering (TIE) has unveiled its concept for an autonomous passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi, the Shift Compson.

Credit: U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Air Force will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end of September after cracks in propeller blades forced a grounding of the fleet beginning in September 2022.

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Congressional debate started July 12 on the fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill after scores of controversial amendments were rejected regarding identity politics, abortion and defense policy. 

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Beleaguered rocket startup Astra Space will raise as much as $65 million gross through a new stock sale effort while also carrying out a stock consolidation effort that will see every 15 shares outstanding collapsed to just one.

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has discovered additional evidence of the presence of diverse organic chemistry on the Martian surface, associated with aqueous processes. 

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As part of its accelerating push toward sustainable aviation, Collins Aerospace says it is on track to open a $50 million aircraft electrification and electric propulsion laboratory dubbed "The Grid" in Rockford, Illinois, this October.

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Thales has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy cockpit communication specialist Cobham Aerospace Communications (AeroComms) from Advent International, the private equity owner of UK-based defense group Cobham.

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The Australian Defense Department and quantum technologies company Q-CTRL have agreed a "multi-year" contract to develop quantum sensors for air and maritime applications.