In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Apr. 5, 2023

The tests in the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel at Ontario Tech University focused on the transition between vertical and horizontal flight.

Credit: Horizon Aircraft

What if a startup chose to cut out the intermediary steps and start instead with a larger platform? That is the bet that Lyte Aviation is making.

Credit: Lyte Aviation

A “notice of contract action” released by AFRL last year provides a general description of the AASTR program. 

Credit: Northrop Grumman

The ALQ-249 replaces one of the three ALQ-99 tactical jamming system pods now used by the EA-18G.

Credit: U.S. Navy

The 5-hr., 1-min. flight was the 10th of the Roc carrier aircraft and the third captive carry flight of the drop test Talon-A vehicle, TA-0.

Credit: Stratolaunch/Matt Hartman

The concept scales up the Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) developed a nearly a decade ago for the 58-lb. Scan Eagle.

Credit: Hood River

The HY4 is planned to begin flight tests using liquid hydrogen and fuel cells in June.

Credit: H2Fly

The new hangar will host the final assembly line, with an airfield for development flight tests and production check flights.

Credit: Volocopter

TEMPO and the Intelsat 40E communications satellite are planned for launch from Cape Canaveral.

Credit: NASA

SpaceWERX has awarded City Labs a $1.7 million contract to develop a nuclear battery.

Credit: City Labs