In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Sep. 19 2022

September 20, 2022

France Plans For Large Indo-Pacific Deployment In 2024

Credit: Tim Felce (Airwolfhound). France is studying basing options in the Indo-Pacific for its air force assets in anticipation of exercises in 2024.

Advanced AI Agent Flies MQ-20A With Sensor Payload

Credit: GA-ASI. An uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) flew for the first time aided by an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technique developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Record-Breaking Cosmonaut Polyakov Dies At 80

Credit: Roscosmos. Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who holds the record for the longest single mission in space at 437 days, died on Sept. 7, Roscosmos Corp. reports.

Lunar Landing Pad Built From Moon’s Regolith In Works

Credit: NASA. Astroport Space Technologies is developing a system of baking Moon dust into bricks to create a landing pad on the lunar surface.

FAA Working To Boost Commercial Human Spaceflight Regulations

Credit: Blue Origin. In a little more than a year, a moratorium on new safety regulations to protect people onboard space vehicles is set to expire, an FAA official told the International Astronautical Congress here Sept. 19.

NASA Solicits Proposals For Second Human Lunar Lander Provider

Credit: NASA. Following up on a March draft solicitation, NASA has formally requested proposals from the space industry for long-running, evolvable Human Landing Systems (HLS) able to support a steady cadence of Artemis-era astronaut missions to the lunar surface.

Embraer Partners With L3Harris To Offer KC-390 To U.S. Air Force

Credit: L3Harris. Embraer has partnered with L3Harris to offer the KC-390 aircraft to the U.S. Air Force with a refueling boom, creating an “Agile Tanker” option alongside the twinjet’s tactical airlift capability.

Switzerland Signs Off On F-35 Buy

Credit: Lockheed Martin. Swiss officials have signed a letter of offer and acceptance giving the green light to the country’s procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Turkey Launches Human Space And Exploration Initiative

Credit: Axiom Space. The government of Turkey has signed an agreement with Houston-based Axiom Space to fly its first astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS).

Hungary Restarting Astronaut Program With Eight Finalists

Credit: NASA. Hungary, which has not flown an astronaut in 42 years, is restarting its human space program, with eight finalists undergoing evaluation for a planned flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an Axiom Space crew.

ArianeGroup Introduces Reusable Crew And Cargo Carrier Concept

Credit: ArianeGroup. ArianeGroup has introduced a concept for a future cargo or crew carrier called “SUSIE”—the Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration.

Space for All—Except Russia (And Not So Much China, Either)

Credit: NASA. The annual Olympics of space conferences opened here on Sunday, Sept. 18, (more about why Sunday later) under the umbrella theme of “Space for @ll,” with more than 8,800 attendees from all over the world, except for Russia and with only a few delegates from China.

Next Hurdle For SLS: Pass Leak Test

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky. NASA is not expected to learn if the U.S. Space Force will agree to another waiver for the Space Launch System’s (SLS) flight termination system (FTS) until after a tanking test demonstrates that the rocket is ready for another launch attempt.

From next hurdle for SLS to bell picks Sierra Nevada for HSVTOL mission systems. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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