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In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Oct. 05 2022

October 06, 2022

South Korea’s KT Completes 5G Network For UAM

Credit: KT

South Korean telecommunications provider KT has completed the country’s first 5G wireless network dedicated to urban air mobility (UAM).

AFRL Contract Reactivates Boeing In Air-to-Air Missile Development

Credit: DOD

A recent contract award shows that Boeing is still involved in long-range air-to-air missile development, giving the U.S. military a third option to ongoing efforts by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as the Air Force prepares to start a new research and development program. 

NASA’s Crew-5 Mission Lifts Off For Space Station

Credit: NASA

NASA’s SpaceX-contracted Crew-5 mission was on course to deliver four U.S., Japanese and Russian crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) on Oct. 6 following a successful Falcon 9 launch on Oct. 5 from Kennedy Space Center with a crew Dragon capsule. 

CEO Of World’s Largest Lessor Skeptical Of eVTOL Air Taxis

Credit: Vertical Aerospace

Lessors have played a major role in boosting the conditional orderbooks of electric aircraft startups, from Avolon’s preorder for 500 Vertical Aerospace four-passenger air taxis to Rockton’s letter of intent for 40 Heart Aerospace 30-seat regional airliners.

SkyRange To Track First Talon-A Hypersonic Flight

Credit: Stratolaunch

An upcoming first flight of a reusable hypersonic vehicle by Stratolaunch will also serve as a demonstration of a new airborne test range instrumentation system funded by the U.S. Defense Department. 

Spain Selling Sea Kings To Peru

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week

Spain is to sell six of its retired Sikorsky Sea King helicopters to Peru for the symbolic price of €100 ($99.81) each. 

Poland, UK Advance Agreements On Missile Development, Tech Transfer

Credit: MBDA

Poland and the UK have signed agreements on the potential joint development of a future missile for air defense.

USAF Targets Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2046

Credit: www.tyndall.af.mil

The U.S. Air Force wants to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2046 and is looking to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), more electric vehicles and the quick development and testing of a blended wing body mobility aircraft by 2027 to help get there.

Czech Republic Begins F-35 FMS Process

Credit: Michael Farmer / Alamy Stock Photo

The Czech Defense Ministry has submitted its formal letter of request to begin the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.

Chinese eVTOL Startup AutoFlight Establishes U.S. Presence

Credit: AutoFlight

Chinese startup AutoFlight has opened a U.S. office as it pursues plans to develop and certify its electric urban air taxi in Europe, manufacture the vehicle in China and market it globally.

Dufour, RUAG Partner On eVTOL

Credit: Dufour Aerospace

Switzerland’s RUAG has entered the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market through a partnership with Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace.

Nammo Successfully Tests Solid Fuel Ramjet Missiles

Credit: Nammo

A Norwegian company has demonstrated a high-supersonic propulsion technology for missiles in two flight tests in August that were partly U.S. military-funded, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 5. 

Virgin’s Latest LauncherOne Ready For UK Liftoff

Credit: Virgin Orbit

Virgin Orbit has completed a full rehearsal exercise in preparation for the first orbital launch of its LauncherOne rocket from a UK spaceport. 

Eurodrone Passes First Program Milestone

Credit: Airbus

The Eurodrone medium altitude long endurance (MALE) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) program has passed its Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), a key milestone toward upcoming design reviews. 

DARPA’s POWER Program Aims For Airborne Wireless Energy Network

Credit: DARPA

DARPA has launched its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, an effort to demonstrate the long-distance wireless transmission of energy using lasers and UAVs as relays.

Seoul Complains Of Poor F-35A Reliability

Credit: ROKAF

A South Korean lawmaker says that Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Lockheed Martin F-35As were classified as “operationally unready” 234 times over an 18-month period ending in June—on average once every two days. 

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