In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 10 2023

April 11, 2023

Firestorm Flies Modular, 3D-Printed Small UAS

Credit: Firestorm. 

Red Cat Holdings, an emerging supplier of small drones for the military, has invested in Firestorm, a U.S. startup developing a modular uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that can be rapidly adapted and 3D printed to perform different missions.

Japan Plots Path To One-To-Many Drone Operations

Credit: KDDI. 

KDDI and Japan Airlines are to formulate a concept of operations enabling one operator to manage multiple drones, known as one-to-many operations, under a project funded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

NASA Invests In Early Development Of Far-Reaching Science, Exploration

Credit: Ronald Polidan. 

NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate has selected a half-dozen science and technology initiatives relevant to human deep-space exploration, planetary science and aeronautics for further development under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program.

ZeroAvia Details Launch Plan, Product Road Map

Credit: ZeroAvia. 

Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has provided details of its launch platform and product road map for the first time.

The Weekly Debrief: New OSD Fund To Push Eccentric Weapons Concepts

Credit: Gerry Metzler. 

A new L3Harris cruise missile is coming to the Bell AH-1Z Viper. Also, a multimode sensor package will be demonstrated for a fixed-wing stratospheric aircraft flown by—checks notes—the U.S. Army. 

Firestorm flies modular, 3D-printed small UAS and Japan plots path to one-to-many drone operations. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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