In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Jul. 31 2022

Credit: NASA.

For almost 80 years the U.S. experimental X-plane series has relentlessly pushed the boundaries of speed, altitude, power and aerospace technology. 

Credit: Impulse Space.

Impulse Space plans two follow-on missions in 2024 after its inaugural LEO Express 1 mission before year’s end.

Credit: Archer Aviation.

Archer’s decision to add defense as a line of business beyond manufacturing and operating commercial air taxis has paid off with contracts worth up to $142 million from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit, including delivery of up to six Midnight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Voyager 2, one of NASA’s most distant and longest-lived spacecraft, has lost its ability to transmit data to Earth and receive commands through the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN).

Credit: Department Of Defense, Australia.

The U.S and Australian governments have agreed to advance cooperation on Australia's Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise.

Credit: Department Of Defense, Australia.

The Australian Army has grounded its fleet of NH90 helicopters, known locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, following a crash on the night of July 28.