In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Nov. 02 2022

November 03, 2022

Rocket Lab To Attempt Booster Recovery On Next Flight

Credit: Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab will attempt to capture the first stage of its next Electron rocket as it descends back through the atmosphere after sending a Swedish National Space Agency research satellite toward orbit as early as Nov. 4. 

NASA Issues Draft Call For Moon Buggy Proposals

Credit: NASA. NASA has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) from industry for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for exploring the Moon’s south pole as part of the Artemis program.

Virgin Selects Bell, Qarbon For New Spaceship Production

Credit: Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic has awarded Bell Textron and Qarbon Aerospace contracts for major structural sub-assemblies of the company’s planned new Delta class spaceplanes, marking a key step towards the start of serial production of the improved design.

Work Begins On Indian Airbus/Tata C295 Production Line

Credit: Airbus. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for the plant that will produce Airbus C295 turboprop airlifters for the Indian Air Force.

Voltaero Advances Plans For Hybrid-Electric

Credit: VoltAero. VoltAero has secured Italian aerospace components and structures producer TESI as a strategic investor and industrial partner as part of a €32 million ($31.6 million) Series B fundraising round.

Chile’s ENAER Launches Pillan II Trainer Project

Credit: Chilean Air Force. Chilean aircraft manufacturer National Aeronautics Co. (ENAER) is to develop a new-generation version of its Pillan piston-engine training aircraft.

F-15ID Tops Indonesia’s Defense Priorities, But Uncertainty Remains

Credit: Boeing. The Boeing F-15ID program is currently high on Indonesia’s list of defense procurement priorities, with Boeing and U.S. officials working to reach a stage where Jakarta is “comfortable” moving the purchase forward.

U.S. Navy Lifts Grounding Order For Some T-45Cs

Credit: NAVAIR. The U.S. Navy has resumed flying a portion of the Boeing/BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk trainer fleet after discovering the root cause of an engine blade failure on Oct. 11. 

Aurora Announces New Small UAS, Identifies First Operator

Credit: Aurora Flight Sciences. Aurora Flight Sciences has added the 49-lb. Skiron-X with an electrical vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) capability to its product line and announced that aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace will deploy the uncrewed air system (UAS) during the 2023 fire season as a surveillance tool. 

Manufacturers Face Flight Shaming, FAA, Supply Chain Challenges

Credit: Gulfstream. Business aircraft manufacturers face a number of challenges and threats, including flight shaming, workforce shortages, along with supply chain and FAA issues leading to production and regulatory delays.

Chile’s ENAER launches Pillan II trainer project and work begins on Indian Airbus/Tata C295 production line. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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