In Pictures: Top Aerospace & Defense Stories, Mar. 29 2023

March 30, 2023

Boeing’s Crewed Starliner Flight Test Slips To Late July

Credit: Boeing/John Grant. 

NASA and Boeing are now looking to July 21 at the earliest for the launch of the eight-day Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station (ISS) with two veteran astronauts.

Key Block 4 Upgrade For F-35 Facing New Delays

Credit: USAF. 

A critical upgrade for the Lockheed Martin F-35 could be further delayed several months and arrive up to a year behind schedule, the program executive officer said March 29. 

USAF To Cancel Next-Generation F-16 Electronic-Warfare Suite

Credit: Air National Guard

F-16

Verizon Bests L3Harris To Win Next FAA Networking Backbone Contract

Credit: Mark Nensel/Aviation Week.

Verizon has won the FAA’s 15-year $2.4 billion FENS contract to establish a more modern network infrastructure, unseating two-decade incumbent L3Harris Technologies and beating large rivals Raytheon Technologies, Leidos and General Dynamics.

Halo Space Plans Second Test Flight Of Stratospheric Balloon Capsule

Credit: Halo Space. 

Halo Space of Madrid plans a second flight test of its stratospheric tourist balloon capsule in the “first semester of 2023.”

SES And Intelsat Confirm Merger Talks

Credit: SES. 

Space-based connectivity provider SES confirmed March 29 it was in talks with U.S. rival Intelsat, marking the latest tie-up of satellite system providers as the marketplace adjusts to SpaceX’s burgeoning low-Earth-orbit (LEO) position and expected constellations from Blue Origin and others.

Japanese Package Carrier Backs Regent’s Seagliders

Credit: Regent Craft.

U.S. startup Regent continues to widen its investor and potential customer base into new market sectors, with a strategic investment from Japan’s Yamato Holdings expanding the market for its wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to include parcel delivery and logistics.

Survey Copter Unveils VTOL-Capable Fixed-Wing UAS

Credit: Survey Copter. 

French aircraft developer Survey Copter has unveiled a new vertical-takeoff-and-landing-capable UAS targeted for use by special forces.

Lockheed, Raytheon, Chosen To Bid On High-Speed Missile

Credit: Raytheon 

Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile

Air Forces In Focus: United States Air Force

The new, long-range stealth bomber, B-21 Raider is due to enter service with the Air Force by mid-2020s.

Boeing’s crewed Starliner flight test slips to late July and key block 4 upgrade for F-35 facing new delays. Take a look at these and more in our daily roundup of aerospace & defense news.

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