In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Oct. 04 2023

Credit: Jetson.

Personal air mobility startup Jetson has announced the successful completion of a $15 million seed round, which the company says will help fund the path to market for its one-seater electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

Credit: Angus Batey/AAM Report.

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is moving toward an outcomes-based approach as it seeks to fill gaps in existing regulations that may be highlighted by developments in the remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) sectors.

Credit: Nigel Howarth/AWST.

Iran is likely the source of a recent uptick in navigation failures caused by spoofing of GPS receivers in commercial aircraft near its borders, the head of U.S. Air Forces in the region said on Oct. 4.

Credit: Skyports Drone Services.

U.S. startup Pyka’s Pelican Cargo autonomous electric heavy-payload aircraft has flown in the UK for the first time as part of a demonstration conducted by operator Skyports Drone Services for the UK Defense Ministry and Royal Navy.

Credit: Rocket Lab.

South Africa is working to develop an indigenous launch capability within five years, with plans to develop a former military site on the Western Cape into a commercial spaceport.

Credit: Skyryse.

U.S. startup Skyryse has taken delivery of an Airbus H130 from air medical service provider Air Methods and launched an effort to certify its FlightOS highly automated flight control system in the helicopter.

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RTX company Collins Aerospace has formally opened the Grid, a $50 million advanced electric power systems laboratory which will be used to develop and test electric motors, controllers, generators, and distribution systems for hybrid-electric and more electric propulsion systems.

BAE Systems is developing a software defined radio for an experimental, DARPA-funded hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), the Defense Department research agency has confirmed.

Credit: Lockheed Martin.

Maintainers serving with the Franco-German airlift squadron flying the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules will shortly begin training in a new facility developed by the OEM.