In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Mar. 30 2023

Credit: NASA.

NASA has established a Moon to Mars Program Office within its Washington-based Exploration Systems Mission Directorate to provide focused oversight of human exploration activities under the Artemis Program.

Credit: https://www.forsvaret.no/en/about-us/equipment. 

On March 24, officials from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway signed a new agreement to deepen cooperation between the Nordic Air Forces.

Credit: U.S. Air Force.

Ukraine’s military commander on March 30 repeated his request for Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters two weeks after receiving pledged donations of former Soviet aircraft from Poland and Slovakia.

Credit: Vlad Ghiea/Alamy Stock Photo. 

Aerospace accelerator and strategic advisory firm Starburst is targeting government funding for aviation and aerospace technologies and expanding its presence into Washington.

Credit: SpaceX. 

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch of satellites March 30, just prior to its scheduled 7:29 a.m. PDT launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Credit: U.S. Army.

Nine U.S. soldiers were killed when two Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawks collided during night training near Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Credit: Boeing.

The German Navy wants to expand its planned fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and acquire uncrewed air systems (UAS) to supplement them.

Credit: LCI. 

Helicopter lessor LCI has been bolstered by investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. (SMFL).

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST. 

Bahrain has been approved to receive second-hand Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, on top of recent deliveries of new-model AH-1Z Vipers.