In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, June. 28 2023

June 28, 2023

First eVTOL Prototype Rolls Off Joby’s Production Line

The aircraft has received FAA special airworthiness certification for flight testing.

Credit: Joby Aviation

China Carmaker Unveils Fly/Drive eVTOL Concept

Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group has unveiled a concept for a future drive/fly electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Credit: GAC Group

First Airbus C295 Delivered to Irish Air Corps

The Irish government ordered two C295Ws in a maritime surveillance configuration as part of a €230 million contract to replace CN235 Persuader aircraft.

Credit: Irish Air Corps

DARPA Picks Nine Firms To Design Long-Endurance VTOL UAS

The companies will produce initial conceptual designs for operational and demonstration systems.

Credit: David Hylton, U.S. Army

Euclid, Nancy Grace Telescopes To Study Dark Energy, Dark Matter

Euclid, planned for an early July launch, will be joined by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by May 2027.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, ESA/ATG medialab

Space Station To Get Two More Roll-Out Solar Array Upgrades

The iROSAs, the seventh and eighth overall, will be used to upgrade solar power generation aboard the ISS.

Credit: NASA

Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group has unveiled a concept for a future drive/fly electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle, and the first Airbus C295 delivered to Irish Air Corps.

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