In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Dec. 13 2022

December 14, 2022

Air Forces In Focus: Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is one of a limited number of air forces that have demonstrated both the willingness and ability to undertake global operations, having supported NATO in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya since the end of the Cold War. 

NASA Leaders Applaud 2022 Achievements, Predict More To Come

Credit: NASA. In a public “town hall,” NASA’s top administrators praised the agency’s workforce for achieving a range of milestones in space exploration, science, aeronautics and technology development across 2022.

NASA SOFIA 747SP Flies Into Retirement

Credit: Matt Hartman. Almost three months after its final science mission ended, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.

Rotor Technologies’ Birdy McBirdface Makes First Flight

Credit: Rotor Technologies. Rotor Technologies’ autonomous Robinson R22 helicopter prototype, dubbed Birdy McBirdface, made its first flight on Dec. 2 from an FAA UAV test site in New York.

Quantum Space Raises $15m For Cislunar Satellite Network

Credit: Quantum Space. Quantum Space has raised $15 million to develop a network of “Scout” spacecraft throughout cislunar space that will perform space domain awareness, space weather forecasting, positioning, navigation and timing, communications and onboard computing services.

Collins, Pratt & Whitney Pitch New F135 Power And Cooling System

Credit: Pratt & Whitney

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Planet Labs Signs Deal With Accenture

Credit: Planet Labs. Consulting giant Accenture’s venture capital arm has signed a strategic deal with space-based Earth data upstart Planet Labs over an array of sustainability and impact initiatives, including measurement, traceable supply chain strategy and data-based climate risk assessments to mitigate disruption across global value chains.

Sikorsky To Build Hybrid-Electric VTOL Flight Demonstrator

Credit: Sikorsky. Sikorsky has confirmed it is developing a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator aircraft.

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