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Scientists at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have finally released their technical report, explaining why the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) military drone failed to complete its test flight successfully in August, 2011.
The ultra-fast aircraft was designed to travel at speeds of ... |
24 April 2012
02:56 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce the setup of a new virtual institute at the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), in Moffett Field, California. Called the NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI), the organization will solicit and foster innovations to address several key issues.
These include technolog... |
28 March 2012
02:59 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices is branching out, no longer satisfied with just a small part of the consumer and enterprise IT industries.
The latest deal that the Sunnyvale, California-based company revealed, is one that will get a certain graphics processor in airplanes.
More precisely, the company has reached an agreeme... |
26 March 2012
05:40 GMT |
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I've seen a lot of interesting videos online while searching for stuff to put up on the site, but perhaps one of the most amazing is this clip of a giant paper plane being dropped from a helicopter.
The aircraft, if we can call it that, is about 45 feet (14 meters) long and 24 feet (7 meters) at its widest. It... |
24 March 2012
07:42 GMT |
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A group of scientists and engineers recently presented the Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance (AVIATR) concept to the world. The aircraft is designed specifically to be able to fly in the dense atmosphere surrounding Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn.
Previous proposals saw researche... |
3 January 2012
05:22 GMT |
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The United States may soon become capable of striking any country on the globe within less than an hour, thanks to the successful completion of a new test flight. The maneuver involved a hypersonic aircraft that has been under development for many years.
The original concept was managed by the US Defense Advanced R... |
18 November 2011
09:19 GMT |
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As the Sun is nearing its solar maximum for this cycle – Solar Cycle 24 – it will begin to produce increasingly large amounts of radiation. These particles will bathe commercial and military aircraft, as well as spacecraft in Earth's orbit, with more radiations than normal.
What this implies is an... |
28 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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In preparation for launching the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, experts at NASA are currently testing all the components that will go on the spacecraft, including its descent and landing radar instrument.This component is extremely important for the success of the entire mission, as its job is to ensure that ... |
22 June 2011
03:45 GMT |
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An advanced unmanned aerial vehicle from The Boeing Company took to the skies for the first time on April 27, after having successfully completed a series of taxis flights. The robot has extreme capabilities, and is heralded as the next innovation in unmanned surveillance and combat.
The new aircraft's first ... |
4 May 2011
02:34 GMT |
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This June will bring with it the last shuttle launch ever, as Atlantis is lifting off for the International Space Station, but it will also mark the beginning of a round of tests that will put the massive Skylon space plane through its paces. Skylon is a result of a British collaboration of researchers and scientists... |
18 April 2011
10:11 GMT |
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The future of the aviation industry is ensured; at least as far as aircraft design goes. Experts with Project NACRE (New Aircraft Concepts Research) present some of the airplanes that may fly within the next few decades. The research is already fairly advanced, and has produced a number of models already. Experts say... |
1 April 2011
11:06 GMT |
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From the lowest layers of the atmosphere to the upper stratosphere, the Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft (ASTRA) initiative is promising to bring scientists closer to their areas of interest. The collaboration is seeking to improve upon existing technologies, and also to create new ones. The main areas of... |
31 March 2011
08:14 GMT |
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For years, the aircraft industry has been considered one of the main polluters, and also one of the primary contributors to exacerbating the effects of global warming. A new study now indicates the contrails are the most hurtful of its effects, not the release of carbon dioxide.Airplanes burn massive amounts of highl... |
31 March 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Since in-flight refueling was shown possible, in 1923, the range of aircraft has extended considerably, and their time in the air has been also augmented by a large margin. Now, experts want to extend the same capability to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).These drones are currently incapable of performing mid-flight r... |
30 March 2011
08:47 GMT |
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As we were telling you in late November, the American space agency is out to develop a new generation of airliners based on advanced concept. Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have already received grants for early studies on the issue, and now the Boeing Company joins their ranks.NASA decided to award a $5.29 mil... |
10 December 2010
08:50 GMT |
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At the meeting of the American Physical Society's (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics, held in Long Beach, California, researchers presented a departure from the classic design of aircraft. The goal was to avoid the classic shape of an airplane, and the result was an innovative, seagull-like aircraft. The main dri... |
22 November 2010
04:20 GMT |
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The newest fighter jet developed by the reputed constructor Sukhoi has just recently begun flight testing in the Russian Federation's far east. The aircraft, which was created in partnership with India, is a fifth-generation assault vehicle, and Russian officials say that it can easily rival the performances of ... |
29 January 2010
09:31 GMT |
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In spite of the advanced technological means at their disposal, researchers analyzing some of the harshest regions of Antarctica still can't get to where they need to be. If they do, however, they cannot endure at those extremely dangerous locations for longer. For the first time, scientists have now been able t... |
16 December 2009
02:33 GMT |
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The year 2010 will see the commissioning of the world's most powerful and advanced airborne telescope, capable of watching targeted events from the most advantageous positions possible at all times. As opposed to ground-based telescopes, which are restrained to their geographical locations no matter what, the St... |
20 November 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Battles fought in the heights with powerful laser weapons are no longer the product of SF stories, as such a device has recently been tested with success. The Airborne Laser (ABL) was installed on a Boeing 747 airplane and carried aloft, where it fired shortly upon a ground target. Although the laser beam is invisibl... |
16 December 2008
09:32 GMT |
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All flying vehicles share a common problem – fuel. Their flight duration ability is severely limited by the amount of fuel they can carry, which forces designers to resort to annoying compromises in order to develop craft models with reduced consumption that have enough room for giant fuel reservoirs. But this ... |
10 December 2008
04:39 GMT |
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Perhaps the most famous aerospace corporation, Boeing, has come up with a new craft supposed to be able to stay aloft, depending on the altitude, from about ten days to nearly a whole month. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) will be powered by a patented hydrogen fuel system and will have a wide range of applications... |
27 November 2008
06:32 GMT |
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Based on the Ace Combat beloved franchise, Namco Bandai's Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is an Xbox 360 exclusive game. It was released on the 23rd of October 2007 in North America, the 1st of November 2007 in Japan, the 23rd of November of 2007 in Europe and the 13th of December in Australia. The arcade styl... |
18 July 2008
09:29 GMT |
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Flying saucers have fascinated people for years and the hundreds of thousands of UFO sightings reported during the past decades have done a pretty good job in fueling the public's interest in this so-called alien design. However, until the aliens decide to let us into their best protected secrets, we'll jus... |
12 June 2008
08:29 GMT |
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The problem with supersonic aircrafts today is that when they surpass the speed of sound they create a so-called sonic boom, an acoustic phenomenon similar to the one generated by a relatively large detonation. It is just a sound, but it packs a mighty punch. Just imagine hearing a sudden explosion in the middle of t... |
12 May 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Holidays are coming! This might be the perfect Christmas present for the aviation aficionados that have enough dime to spend on such beauties. Gizmag reports that H&H Auctions has recently announced that it will offer eight jet-powered De Havilland Venoms and Vampires in a rare sale by tender. People, these are not t... |
29 November 2007
14:26 GMT |
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This must be the finest challenge a gadget freak could dream of. Why? Well, basically, because you cannot see this happening on the streets of your hood pretty often. The Father of All Supercars, a.k.a. Lamborghini, has recently pitched its Reventn against a Tornado aircraft in an acceleration race at Ghedi military ai... |
27 November 2007
04:37 GMT |
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So, this is how Britain's most sophisticated unmanned surveillance system looks like. The mighty Reaper UAV has been deployed into active service in Afghanistan. So, what initially was designed for surveillance now is being used exclusively for military reconnaissance and ground-attack missions, working even on ... |
12 November 2007
07:06 GMT |
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Heatseeker will strap you into the pilot's seat and deliver an exhilarating white-knuckle ride that'll have you clutching the joypad as you engage in face-melting 6G turns and fight against a seemingly-impossible amount of airborne enemies. And when you launch a strike, you'll follow your missiles as ... |
25 October 2007
08:22 GMT |
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It has a wingspan of 60 feet (18 meters), it weighs only 66 pounds (30 kilograms) and is launched by hand; but this aircraft has delivered a new world record for ultralight unmanned flight."The Zephyr High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) stayed aloft for 54 hours during a recent test flight at N... |
14 September 2007
06:12 GMT |
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A newly created metal alloy promises to improve the overall efficiency and to reduce fabrication waste in jet engine components, by greatly reducing the uncertainty of thermocouple temperature sensors at high temperatures to within a degree.Created by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory, the alloy could s... |
27 July 2007
09:30 GMT |
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The terrorist attacks have made the whole world see the real threat of international terrorism in a different light. Researchers from many countries have concentrated their efforts on the development of methods and special equipment with which it will be possible to detect explosive objects in advance. Such devices ... |
25 July 2007
10:16 GMT |
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It seems more and more people are becoming aware of the environmental issues and they are trying to do their bid to help the planet that's been keeping us alive. Some people try replacing conventional energy sources with alternative ones, like wind or solar power.Even aviation engineers are looking for alternat... |
25 July 2007
02:58 GMT |
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Stealth aircraft are designed to absorb and deflect radar, thus becoming harder to detect than conventional aircraft. This technology may take an unusual evolutionary path with the Pentagon's newest project that should do more than block radar waves, as it will be able to change shape using a chain-mail-like mor... |
23 July 2007
10:49 GMT |
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This has to be the most realistic flight simulator in the world, though it is not used to entertain youth, but to possibly kill them. The Reaper drone is the unmanned aircraft that will deliver one and tons of bombs on Iraqi soil while being controlled by an operator sitting comfortably at a video console 7,000 miles... |
18 July 2007
11:16 GMT |
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It's not a hovercraft and it could never be a true plane. Developed during the Cold War by the former Soviet Union, the Ekranoplan is one of the weirdest flying machines designed by man. It was also undetectable by radar even without using the stealth technologies of present time.This is a really strange aircra... |
12 July 2007
10:44 GMT |
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This weekend, Boeing, the largest global aircraft manufacturer by revenue, the second largest by deliveries and the second-largest defense contractor in the world, will unveil the latest creation, the 787-9 Dreamliner, an environmentally friendly aircraft it hopes will revolutionize the industry of air travel.It... |
6 July 2007
11:25 GMT |
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Space shuttle Atlantis started the voyage home, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, from the secondary landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California, atop a modified 747 carrier aircraft. The shuttle was mounted on its back and left from the Mojave Desert air base at 6:05 a.m. PDT, according to Alan Brown,... |
2 July 2007
05:49 GMT |
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The future of air combat will make the classical dogfight obsolete. The times of air aces like the Red Baron - the most successful fighter pilot of f World War I, credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories - are gone, and the next flying aces will be unmanned drones, hunting and killing ground enemies while bein... |
22 June 2007
10:45 GMT |
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Sandia National Laboratories in California are engaged in the development of a new high-caliber self-propelled and lightweight canon system, for the US Army. It's the most advanced program for designing a state-of-the-art canon. Currently, the US Army uses more than twenty types of self-propelled canons and mos... |
22 June 2007
03:38 GMT |
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So far, the only commercially successful supersonic jet was the Concorde, that regularly flew from London and Paris to New York and Washington. It set many records, including circumnavigating the world in a time of 31 hours 27 minutes 49 seconds flight, on August 16, 1995.Although for the moment there are no immedia... |
18 June 2007
16:46 GMT |
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Rolls-Royce is mostly famous for the elegant and expensive limousines, with an unique aspect and a prestige other car makers can't offer. The shape of the radiator grille and the "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament have become instant trademarks of luxury and wealth, recognized around the world.Not many people kn... |
6 June 2007
03:37 GMT |
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One of the giants of the aircraft industry is considering the possibility of installing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell which would provide backup power in aircrafts in emergency situations when the main power goes offline.Boeing started a collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories to examine the feasibility of us... |
31 May 2007
04:19 GMT |
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It may take as little as ten years for the airplanes on long, international flights to be made more out of plastic than metal. The most modern aircrafts of today are made of aluminum, a light but strong material than can be easily obtained from natural compound.The airliners of tomorrow will be made of advanced carb... |
10 May 2007
11:26 GMT |
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The gamers probably remember the famous "Jet Pack" from the old Command & Conquer: Red Alert series or even from the childish (is it?) Worms game. For those who don't, let me tell you that the jet pack is a concept dating from World War II, when Germany made late-war experiments of strapping two wearable shorte... |
30 April 2007
17:06 GMT |
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The history of aviation, though short (only a bit more than a century) has known the most advances in terms of design technology, building materials and performances of civilian and military aircrafts. The first planes were made of wood, cardboard and cloth, now they are built using the latest development in artifi... |
30 April 2007
03:34 GMT |
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? Nope, it's a bird-plane!What is a bird-plane, you say? It's a futuristic plane concept created by a small research team, that will fly just like a bird. It will arch its broad wings up and then flap them down in one continuous, fluid motion. No turbines or prop... |
21 April 2007
03:44 GMT |
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Are you in pursuit of the big one? Well, here it is. It looks like a fish, but it's not swimming. It's actually flying! Of course fish can fly! HyFish is a cell-powered UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that's shaped after the ocean's fastest swimmers: the Tuna (ahem). Due to its shape, the Tuna is pr... |
12 April 2007
10:34 GMT |
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