In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Nov. 15 2022

Credit: Indian Navy. As part of the modernization and expansion of its capabilities, the Indian Navy is pursuing a number of key aviation requirements over the next decade. 

Credit: Boeing. Boeing has demonstrated autonomous anti-jamming capabilities with the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype.

 Artemis I launch.

NATO flag.

Credit: Angus Batey/Aviation Week. The UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute has launched a new initiative, the ATI Hub, in an effort to “help develop and convene the sustainable aerospace ecosystem,” according to the organization’s CEO.

Credit: AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile has deployed what it says is the “largest-ever” commercial communications array in low-Earth orbit.

Credit: Vessel Aerospace. A full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator built under a South Korean government-funded research project was displayed at an urban air mobility (UAM) conference organized by Incheon International Airport on Nov 10-12.

Credit: Archer Aviation. Archer plans to manufacture its four-passenger Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle in Covington, Georgia.

Credit: Aviation Week Network. Hypersonics expert and advocate Mark Lewis and national security strategist JV Venable have been appointed as the founding members of Reaction Engines’ newly formed U.S. Board of Advisors.

Credit: Commemorative Air Force. While the investigation gets underway, the Commemorative Air Force has released the names of the six fatalities from the Nov. 12 mid-air collision between a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63F Kingcobra fighter during a performance at the Wings Over Dallas airshow.

Credit: NASA. Managers overseeing NASA’s Artemis I flight test say the risk posed by storm-damaged caulk on the Orion capsule is not an impediment for flight, clearing the way for a launch attempt at 1:04 a.m. EST on Nov. 16.