In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, May. 22 2023

May 23, 2023

ULA Vulcan Rocket Heads Back To Launchpad

Credit: ULA.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) returned its first Vulcan rocket to the launchpad on May 22 in preparation for a static test firing of the booster’s dual BE-4 main engines.

Kawasaki Motors Makes ‘Strategic Investment’ In VoltAero

Credit: VoltAero.

Kawasaki Motors has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in VoltAero, a hybrid-electric aircraft developer.

Poland To Acquire AEW Aircraft From Sweden

Credit: Saab.

Poland is to invest in airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft from Sweden, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has revealed.

The Weekly Debrief: F/A-50 Pushes Gallium Nitride Radars Into Mainstream

Credit: Raytheon.

A new kind of active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has gained a foothold in the combat aircraft market, even as the airborne radar technology rapidly expands in performance and the number of competitors. 

Vertical Nets 50 Preorders From South Korea’s Kakao Mobility

Credit: Vertical Aerospace.

UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility of South Korea for 50 preorders of its VX4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle, expanding Vertical’s ongoing focus on Korea and the Asia-Pacific region. 

Estonia, Latvia Select IRIS-T SLM For Air Defense

Credit: Hensoldt.

The Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia have selected the German IRIS-T surface-launched missile (SLM) for a joint medium-range ground-based air defense requirement.

Axiom Space Private Astronauts Arrive at Space Station

Credit: NASA TV.

Axiom Space’s second, four-person private astronaut mission (AX-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) successfully docked to the space-facing port on the U.S. segment’s Harmony module on May 22 at 9:12 a.m. EDT.

Poland to acquire AEW aircraft from Sweden and Axiom Space private astronauts arrive at space station. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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