Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Nov, 13

Unmanned aircraft developer UAVOS has flown a larger, modified version of its ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo-satellite, taking a step closer to its planned full-size stratospheric telecommunications platform.

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Astronauts are prepared to embark Nov. 15 on a complex sequence of spacewalks outside the ISS to overhaul the cooling system on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

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Avionics engineering firm L2 Aviation on Nov. 11 announced a subcontract from Collins Aerospace to install automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capability on the U.S. Air Force fleet of KC-10 Extender aerial refueling tankers.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return spacecraft ended its lengthy stay at distant Ryugu late Nov. 12 U.S. time.

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The Philippines expects to buy more Airbus C295s following delivery of its fourth aircraft of the type on Nov. 11.

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Airbus has completed the first flight of its VSR700 diesel-powered rotary-wing unmanned air system.

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