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

Credit: SWISSto 12. Intelsat is turning to Switzerland-based SWISSto12 to provide a small geostationary (GEO) satellite outfitted with 12 Ku-band transponders for regional communications services.

Credit: NASA. Shortly after its liftoff early Nov. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus International Space Station (ISS) resupply capsule experienced a difficulty with the deployment of the second of its two solar arrays.

Credit: Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems. Israel’s Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems has secured a service contract from the country’s largest medical logistics company to operate an on-demand drone delivery network connecting all of the country’s major hospitals, flying medical supplies over a radius of up to 200 km (125 mi.).

Credit: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada. The Netherlands Coastguard has introduced a new fleet of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to support its environmental security and search-and-rescue (SAR) missions.

Credit: Anthony Pecchi/Airbus Helicopters. Leonardo says Norway’s request to terminate its NH90 helicopter program is “legally groundless” and suggests Oslo’s claim misinterprets the contract and the country’s own law.

Credit: Swedish Armed Forces. Give the Ukrainian military Saab Gripen C/D fighters and Textron Systems CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapon (SFW) munitions before a possible spring offensive by Russian forces, a UK-based defense think-tank says in a new report. 

Credit: AMSL Aero. Australian electric air taxi startup AMSL Aero is among 12 projects that have been awarded federal government grants under the first round of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program.

Credit: STS Aviation via Royal Air Force/Boeing. The first of the UK Royal Air Force’s new Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft has had its radar fitted in a milestone of the conversion process.

Credit: NASA. Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission is on course for a Nov. 9 rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) following its delayed Nov. 7 liftoff aboard an Antares rocket from the agency’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on Virginia’s eastern shore.

Credit: Romanian Air Force. Ex-Norwegian F-16 fighter aircraft are set to find a new home with the Romanian Air Force after contracts for their transfer were agreed Nov. 4.