Gallery: Aerospace & Defense Roundup: November 4, 2021
November 05, 2021
Armed Overwatch In Source Selection, Award Expected In Spring
U.S. Special Operations Command recently released a request for proposals for Armed Overwatch, with a production award expected in spring 2022. Read the full story.
JADC2 Lead Warns Traditional Authority Would Slow Effort
Additional centralized authority over the Pentagon’s broad Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept could slow development and make the process more risk averse, the Pentagon’s lead for the effort said in response to a new think-tank report that argued a central authority is needed. Read the full story.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army Revives European Artillery Command For Long-Range Missiles
The U.S. Army will reactive the 56th Artillery Command in Europe on Nov. 8 for the first time in 30 years as the military prepares to deploy new long-range missiles that become operational in 2023. Read the full story.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
DART Aims To Demo Deflecting Asteroid Away From Earth
Equipped with emerging propulsion and navigation technologies, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test is intended to demonstrate for the first time the potential effectiveness of a kinetic impact strategy in deflecting an asteroid on a destructive collision course with Earth. Read the full story.
Credit: NASA
Biden Team Pitches Amraam Sale To Saudi As Defensive Support
The Biden administration on Nov. 4 notified Congress of a proposed sale of up to 280 Raytheon AIM-120C7/C8 Amraams to Saudi Arabia. Read the full story.
Credit: Saudi Press Agency
Turkish Aerospace Begins Cutting Metal For TF-X Fighter
Turkish Aerospace has cut metal on the first parts for the prototype TF-X indigenous fighter. Read the full story.
Credit: TAI
Researchers Get Closer Look At Zeva’s EVTOL
Washington State University is helping startup Zeva Aero with development of a single-person electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle under a grant from the state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation. Read the full story.
Credit: Washington State University
MTU, EASA Work On Fuel Cell Certification
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft. Read the full story.
DLR and MTU plan to fly a 500-kW hydrogen fuel cell power train in a Dornier 228 testbed in 2026.
China’s Pantuo Joins EVTOL Race
Another Chinese startup has launched into the already crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi market. Read the full story.
SPAC Led By Airline Entrepreneur Ed Wegel Goes Public
Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., headed by serial U.S. airline entrepreneur Ed Wegel of Eastern Airlines and Global Crossing Airlines, is eyeing a merger with an aerospace, aviation or related services company. Read the full story.
Credit: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images
IRocket, Turion Space Startups Sign Deal To Loft Orbital Debris Sats
Three-year-old New York startup Innovative Rocket Technologies on Nov. 4 said it has signed an agreement with two-year-old Turion Space of Irvine, California, to launch 20 of the latter’s proposed Droid orbital-debris-removing satellites to low Earth orbit via iRocket’s planned Shockwave launcher. Read the full story.
Credit: iRocket
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