In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 4 2023

Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July.

Credit: Volocopter

Japan has already sold the MELCO-built J/FPS-3ME air surveillance radar system to the Philippines.

Credit: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

The Joint Staff last year accepted a plan to cut the program of record for the MQ-4C by 46 aircraft, limiting orbits to the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf regions.

Credit: Raytheon

A prototype of the basketball-sized XTS-210 engine is planned for delivery to the U.S. Army in 2024.

Credit: LiquidPiston

The chief objective of NASA’s Artemis II mission is to do something that NASA’s Artemis I mission conducted late last year was not equipped to address.

Credit: NASA

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is overhauling the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

Credit: Defense Department

The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.

Credit: U.S. Navy

Turkey is the second-largest military aircraft operator in Europe after France.

Credit: https://aviationweek.com/sites/default/files/2023-03/tf-x_1_turkish-aer…

The Joint Staff last year accepted a plan to cut the program of record for the MQ-4C by 46 aircraft, limiting orbits to the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf regions.

Credit: Northrop Grumman