In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Sep. 06, 2022

September 06, 2022

Iran Looks To Russian Su-35 For Future Fighter Needs

An order for the Su-35 would be the first major acquisition by Iran for its air force in more than two decades. Credit: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin/Alamy Stock Photo

Safran Set To Boost Electric Aircraft Position With Purchase From Thales

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs. Credit: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

Taiwan Signs SeaGuardian Deal, U.S. Approves $1.1B Arms Sale

The deals come as Chinese naval ships continue to prowl the waters around Taiwan after tensions heightened in early August. Credit: MCC Shannon Renfroe/US Navy/Alamy Live News

China Venus-50 Solar-Powered Pseudo Satellite Flies For First Time

China’s AVIC First Aircraft Institute has flown its Venus-50 solar-powered pseudo satellite for the first time. Credit: State Media CCTV

Saab Conducts Live-Fire Demonstration Of MSHORAD

Saab has conducted live-firing of its motorized variant of its RBS-70NG surface-to-air missile, witnessed by military officials from a total of 15 NATO and non-NATO potential customer countries. Credit: Saab

AAM Vertiport Startup VPorts Plans Quebec Network

Montreal-based startup VPorts plans to build a network of vertiports in Quebec, focused initially on regional cargo and medical transportation using electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Credit: VPorts

USMC Studies Expeditionary Advanced Basing Ops With F-35B

The U.S. Marine Corps is trying out the so-called expeditionary advanced basing operations concept with its Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters while on deployment to Australia. Credit: Chen Chuanren/Aviation Week

Cosmonauts Advance European Space Station Robot Arm Activation

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev have picked up where they left off more than two weeks ago when their spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) was cut short by a spacesuit battery issue. Credit: NASA TV

Baykar: Export Customer List Growing For TB2 UAS

Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 uncrewed air system could secure its 30th customer before year-end, senior company officials say. Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week

Saab conducts live-fire demonstration of MSHORAD and Iran looks to Russian Su-35 for future fighter needs. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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