In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Mar. 01, 2022

Romania Returns Su-27 To Ukraine Air Force

Credit: Romania Ministry of Defense

A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 has been returned to the embattled country six days after a pilot fled with the two-engine fighter to Romania in the first hours of the Russian invasion, Romanian military officials said on March 1.

Hyundai’s Supernal, Miami Join To Enable AAM

Credit: Supernal

Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.

NASA Reaches Far With Tech Development Investments

Credit: NASA

NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts has selected 17 proposals for $5.1 million in Phase I and II technology development activities that could advance future space and aeronautics missions.

NASA Adds Three Missions To SpaceX Comm Crew Manifest

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NASA added $766 million to its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities contract with SpaceX to cover an additional three crew ferry flights to the International Space Station.

Diehl Wants To Partner In Australian Missile Consortium

Credit: Diehl Defense

Germany’s Diehl Defense has confirmed its intention to join Australia’s Sovereign Missile Alliance to help local industries develop and build guided-missile systems for the Australian Defense Force under the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise.

Lilium Partners With NetJets On eVTOL Fractional Ownership, Ops

Credit: Lilium

Lilium is modifying the design of its electric air taxi, building a third demonstrator to accelerate flight testing and partnering with NetJets to offer the vertical takeoff Lilium Jet for private and business aviation.

Multiple F-16 Upgrades Repackaged Into $6.3 Billion Project

Photo: US Air Force F-16s

The U.S. Air Force has repackaged a series of upgrades for 608 Lockheed Martin F-16s into a single modernization program worth $6.3 billion, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center said on March 1.

Russia May Be Reassessing Its Approach In Ukraine, U.S. Says

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Russia’s forces appear to be reassessing their approach and changing tactics as they advance into Ukraine from the north toward Kyiv, the Pentagon said March 1 in its latest assessment of the invasion.

Lockheed, Northrop, York Win Awards For SDA Transport Satellites

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NOAA’s Latest Geostationary Weather Satellite Launches

Credit: NASA/NOAA

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was the third in a multi-decade series of four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather, environment and solar activity observation satellites.

No Changes To Nuclear Posture After Putin’s Warning, STRATCOM Says

Credit: U.S. Defense Department

The head of the U.S. military’s nuclear command has not recommended any posture changes more than two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ordering his nuclear forces to a “special mode” of alert.

3D Printing Boosts Performance For Boeing WGS-11+ Satellites

Credit: Boeing

Boeing says it has improved the performance and reduced the production time of its Wideband Global Satcom-11+ (WGS-11+) satellite by using advanced manufacturing techniques, in particular by 3D printing more than 1,000 parts.

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