In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, June. 08 2023

June 09, 2023

After Four-Year Pause, Industry Returns To Paris Air Show

Credit: Yavuz Ozden/dia images/Getty Images.

After a four-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Paris Air Show kicks off on June 19 with a renewed presence of U.S., Turkish and Chinese companies.

ULA Vulcan Rocket Engine Hot Fire Sets Stage For Debut Launch

Credit: United Launch Alliance.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket ahead of its debut launch.

Gitai Demos Rover With Robotic Arm In Simulated Regolith Chamber

Credit: Gitai.

Gitai USA has demonstrated its lunar rover-mounted inchworm robotic arm scooping simulated regolith and grabbing Moon rocks.

Aviation Week Forecasts: AH-1Z’s Role Secure As USMC Looks To Future

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GAO: Production Issues Have Delayed F-15EX Deliveries

Credit: U.S. Air Force.

Production issues are causing a delay in deliveries of the first lot of Boeing F-15EX fighters to the U.S. Air Force as negotiations continue for follow-on lots, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a new report.

Startup Targets Wildfires With Large-Capacity Amphibious Waterbomber

Credit: Roadfour.

As wildfires rage across Canada, blanketing North America in a smoky haze and delaying flights in the Northeast U.S, a Belgian startup is pursuing plans to develop a new generation of large-capacity amphibious firefighting aircraft.

GAO: Northrop, USAF Discussing Sentinel Schedule Changes

Credit: U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command.

Development of the USAF’s intercontinental ballistic missile is falling behind schedule due to issues including workforce and infrastructure challenges.

U.S. Army Seeks Combined Survivability Payload For FARA

Credit: Bell and Sikorsky.

The goal is to achieve size, weight and power savings for Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft and other existing Army rotorcraft, the RFI says.

Costs Rising For KC-46 Boom Fix As RVS Design Faces Continued Delays

Credit: U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are seeing the costs increase for a needed boom redesign for the KC-46 tanker as well as delays for the new Remote Vision System (RVS) and the schedule for a required production aircraft, according to a new assessment.

Costs rising for KC-46 boom fix as RVS design faces continued delays and startup targets wildfires with large-capacity amphibious waterbomber. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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