In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Sep. 26 2022

Credit: SkyDrive. SkyDrive of Japan has unveiled renderings of its two-seater SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft.

Credit: Keyvan Tavakkoli. Kyiv’s government has decided to strip the Iranian ambassador of his accreditation after Iranian loitering munitions purchased by Russia began striking targets in Ukraine.

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Credit: RAF. The Brazilian air force has opened discussions with Boeing about a potential acquisition of the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and T-7 jet trainer. 

Credit: FAA. The FAA has released vertiport design standards to support the introduction of new advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft into the U.S. airspace system.

Credit: Alamy Stock Photo. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said the pledge by new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to raise defense spending to 3% of gross domestic product will be realized. But is this goal compatible with the new administration’s first major spending decisions?

Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky. In response to the approach of Hurricane Ian toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico, NASA announced early Sept. 26 that the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule will be rolled back from the launchpad to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center.

Credit: Kim Minseok. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has unveiled a carrier variant of its new KF-21 4.5-generation fighter, even though the future of the South Korean navy’s CVX carrier program remains uncertain.