In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Sep. 21 2022

Thales Alenia Space Targets 2026 For In-Orbit Servicing

Credit: Thierry Dubois. The European Commission (EC) has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.

Agility Prime Funds Mayman’s Speeder

Credit: Mayman Aerospace. The U.S. Air Force AFWerX Agility Prime initiative has added Mayman Aerospace to the list of companies receiving support to develop new-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

JWST Casts Infrared Eye On Neptune

Credit: webtelescope.org. NASA on Sept. 21 released a picture of distant Neptune, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), that reveals a system of rings not seen since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by in 1989.

NASA Finishes Artemis Propellant Demo Despite Hydrogen Leaks

Credit: NASA. Just as they did on Sept. 3, NASA’s Artemis I Launch Control Team members encountered hydrogen leaks while initiating a Space Launch System (SLS) propellant loading demonstration test on Sept. 21.

De Havilland Plans Calgary-Area Production, Customer Support Site

Credit: De Havilland. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada plans to build an aircraft manufacturing and support facility near Calgary that will be the final assembly site for its DHC-515 Firefighter and possibly its paused DHC-6-400 and Dash 8-400 programs.

Airbus Proves Beluga’s Outsize Military Cargo Credentials

Airbus has been testing a loading system that could enable air transport of outsized military equipment on the company’s A300-600-based BelugaST airlifters.

Bulgarian Government OKs Second Batch Of Block 70 F-16s

Credit: F-16.net

Dawn Plans Test Flights Of Rocket-Powered Spaceplane

Credit: Dawn Aerospace. Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year’s end.

Rostec Boosting Defense Production As Russia Plans War Mobilization

Credit: Rostec

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Soyuz Delivers U.S.-Russian Crew To International Space Station

Credit: NASA. Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 21, delivering NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin as part of a U.S.-Russian launch seat exchange agreement reached in mid-July.

Europe Gears Up For Urban Air Mobility Kickoff

Credit: Volocopter

Paramount Announces New Mwari Deliveries, Orders

Credit: Paramount Group. The South Africa-based Paramount Group says deliveries of its Mwari light attack aircraft are underway to an undisclosed customer as part of new orders for a total of nine aircraft by multiple buyers.

Pratt & Whitney Unveils Metacomet Engine-Powered Vehicle Concept

Credit: Pratt & Whitney. Pratt & Whitney has shown the first concept image of an air vehicle powered by the proposed, high-supersonic Metacomet engine.

Airbus, Ecocopter To Launch UAM In Latin America

Credit: Airbus Helicopters. Since the debut of the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry, Latin America—with the exception of Brazil—has seen less activity than any other geographic area.

Wisk Aero Unveils Proposed Concept Of Operations

Credit: Wisk Aero. Wisk Aero has unveiled its proposed concept of operations, including plans by 2030 to have one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at once from a remote location.

Regent Seaglider Demonstrator Completes First Flights

Credit: Regent. Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.

Thales Alenia Space Targets 2026 For In-Orbit Servicing

Credit: Thierry Dubois. The European Commission (EC) has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.

Agility Prime Funds Mayman’s Speeder

Credit: Mayman Aerospace. The U.S. Air Force AFWerX Agility Prime initiative has added Mayman Aerospace to the list of companies receiving support to develop new-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

JWST Casts Infrared Eye On Neptune

Credit: webtelescope.org. NASA on Sept. 21 released a picture of distant Neptune, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), that reveals a system of rings not seen since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by in 1989.

NASA Finishes Artemis Propellant Demo Despite Hydrogen Leaks

Credit: NASA. Just as they did on Sept. 3, NASA’s Artemis I Launch Control Team members encountered hydrogen leaks while initiating a Space Launch System (SLS) propellant loading demonstration test on Sept. 21.

De Havilland Plans Calgary-Area Production, Customer Support Site

Credit: De Havilland. De Havilland Aircraft of Canada plans to build an aircraft manufacturing and support facility near Calgary that will be the final assembly site for its DHC-515 Firefighter and possibly its paused DHC-6-400 and Dash 8-400 programs.

Airbus Proves Beluga’s Outsize Military Cargo Credentials

Airbus has been testing a loading system that could enable air transport of outsized military equipment on the company’s A300-600-based BelugaST airlifters.

Bulgarian Government OKs Second Batch Of Block 70 F-16s

Credit: F-16.net

Dawn Plans Test Flights Of Rocket-Powered Spaceplane

Credit: Dawn Aerospace. Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year’s end.

Rostec Boosting Defense Production As Russia Plans War Mobilization

Credit: Rostec

Mi-17

Soyuz Delivers U.S.-Russian Crew To International Space Station

Credit: NASA. Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 21, delivering NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin as part of a U.S.-Russian launch seat exchange agreement reached in mid-July.

Europe Gears Up For Urban Air Mobility Kickoff

Credit: Volocopter

Paramount Announces New Mwari Deliveries, Orders

Credit: Paramount Group. The South Africa-based Paramount Group says deliveries of its Mwari light attack aircraft are underway to an undisclosed customer as part of new orders for a total of nine aircraft by multiple buyers.

Pratt & Whitney Unveils Metacomet Engine-Powered Vehicle Concept

Credit: Pratt & Whitney. Pratt & Whitney has shown the first concept image of an air vehicle powered by the proposed, high-supersonic Metacomet engine.

Airbus, Ecocopter To Launch UAM In Latin America

Credit: Airbus Helicopters. Since the debut of the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry, Latin America—with the exception of Brazil—has seen less activity than any other geographic area.

Wisk Aero Unveils Proposed Concept Of Operations

Credit: Wisk Aero. Wisk Aero has unveiled its proposed concept of operations, including plans by 2030 to have one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at once from a remote location.

Regent Seaglider Demonstrator Completes First Flights

Credit: Regent. Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.

Thales Alenia Space Targets 2026 For In-Orbit Servicing

Credit: Thierry Dubois. The European Commission (EC) has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.

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In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Sep. 21 2022

Agility Prime Funds Mayman’s Speeder