In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Mar. 07, 2022

March 07, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s Intra Reveals Twin-Engine Samoom UAS Development

Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week



A scale model of the Samoom platform was unveiled by Intra on the opening day of the World Defense Show on March 6 here in Riyadh.




The Weekly Debrief: Demigorgon, Gambit Fight To Be The Next Skyborg

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The Demigorgon and Gambit have been revealed as the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s two choices for the autonomous flying demonstrator that will follow Skyborg.




MARSS Unveils Electric-Powered Aerial Ram For Anti-Drone Mission

Credit: Tony Osborne / Aviation Week



European technology company MARSS has developed a reusable hard kill capability for use against adversary unmanned air systems (UAS). The company’s Interceptor air vehicle, unveiled at the World Defense Show on March 7, is a carbon fiber and titanium construction electric vertical-take-off aircraft which has been designed to ram adversary aircraft.




USAF Faces Test Capacity Shortage As Hypersonic Demand Increases

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The U.S. Air Force is looking for budget help to address a shortage in its test capacity for hypersonic weapons as it prioritizes what programs can have access to limited infrastructure such as wind tunnels and reaches out to NASA for help.




Astra Traces Fairing Separation Failure To Design Blueprint Error

Credit: Brady Kenniston/Astra



The payload fairing separation problem that scuttled Astra’s first commercial mission has been traced to an error in an engineering drawing that led to the fairing’s five separation mechanisms firing out of order.




HH-60W To Start Initial Operational Test And Evaluation

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The U.S. Air Force HH-60W combat rescue helicopter will start initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) within weeks, as the final stages of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) test are wrapping up, the service and Sikorsky said.




From a Saudi Arabian defense company developing an indigenous twin-engine high-altitude-capable, long endurance uncrewed air system, to the Demigorgon and Gambit revealed as the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s two choices for the autonomous flying demonstrator that will follow Skyborg. Take a look at the daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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