In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Jul. 25 2023

July 26, 2023

U.S. VTOL Startup XTI Unveils Reverse Merger With Inpixon

Credit: XTI Aircraft.

Colorado-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) startup XTI Aircraft has announced a reverse merger with real-time location services provider Inpixon, in an apparent effort to improve access to capital markets through the latter company’s membership in the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Thales Buys Cybersecurity Company Imperva For $3.6B

Credit: Imperva.

Weeks after unveiling a billion-dollar acquisition of a French satellite communications business, Thales said July 25 it will buy a U.S.-based data and applications cybersecurity company called Imperva for $3.6 billion.

New Aid For Ukraine Includes Air Defenses, Microdrones

Credit: U.S. Army.

The Pentagon is sending additional Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) munitions to Ukraine as part of the latest batch of U.S. aid, announced July 25.

Air Forces In Focus: Polish Air Force

Credit: Tony Osborne, Aviation Week.

Poland was one of the earliest NATO member states to spend the (now) required 2% of GDP on defense, reaching this goal in 2015. 

Western OEMs Line Up To Meet Indian Medium Airlifter Requirement

Credit: Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force, via Wikimedia Commons.

India’s hunt for a new medium transport aircraft (MTA) has attracted interest from Airbus, Embraer and Lockheed Martin. 

Russia’s Harassment Of U.S. Drones Continues As Su-35 Damages MQ-9

Credit: Air Forces Central Command.

Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.

U.S. Army Extends Hypersonic Glider Production With Dynetics

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories.

Dynetics has received a follow-on production order for the common hypersonic glide body (CHGB) used by a hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. Army and Navy, the Defense Department said July 24. 

British Aircraft Carrier Returns To Sea After Repairs

Credit: Royal Navy.

The UK Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has returned to sea after nine months of repairs. 

Engine Issue Weighs On RTX’s Otherwise Solid Quarterly Results

Credit: Timon Schneider / Alamy Stock Photo.

Shares of RTX, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies, dove 14% per-share during regular trading July 25 after the company slashed its free cashflow outlook for this year by more than 10% after disclosing a wider problem with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engine manufacturing.

Russia’s harassment of U.S. drones continues as Su-35 damages MQ-9 and U.S. VTOL startup XTI unveils reverse merger with inpixon. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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