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Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences NEW May 06, 2008 Using sophisticated unmanned aircraft, research scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego hope to assess Southern California’s potential for climate change and better understand the sources of air pollution. Funded by the California Energy Commission, the California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study (CAPPS) uses autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (AUAVs) to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds and aerosol masses in Southern California skies. |
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Boeing
CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Fielded by US Army's 4th Infantry
Division
Apr. 07, 2008 The Boeing Company's [NYSE: BA] CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas. "This aircraft is light-years ahead in flight-management systems compared with our older aircraft," said Col. Patrick Tierney, commander, Combat Aviation Brigade. "The F-model Chinook has the same systems as the latest civilian aircraft." |
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First
firing of STERN rocket
Mar. 26, 2008 A team of engineers from Bristol University has conducted the first firing of the STERN rocket motor. Rocket engines equipped with the STERN (Static Test Expansion/Deflection Rocket Nozzle) rocket motor should benefit from increased performance in flight and achieving the firing test is a major step forward in a long term program to understand the way these more complex nozzles work. |
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Boeing
Flight-Tests 2-Pound Imaging Radar Aboard ScanEagle Unmanned
Aircraft
Mar. 18, 2008 The Boeing Company in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu Inc., has successfully flight-tested NanoSAR, the world's smallest Synthetic Aperture Radar, aboard the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft. During the 1.5-hour flight on Jan. 7 at the Boardman, Ore. test range, ScanEagle, with ImSAR's NanoSAR payload installed, completed several passes over the target area at various altitudes and ranges. |
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Land
and Sea Tests Verify Effectiveness of Boeing Biological Detection
System
Mar. 10, 2008 The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have demonstrated successfully that ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles modified to look for biological warfare agents can effectively intercept, detect and fly through simulated biological plumes or clouds to collect airborne agents. |
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National
Air and Space Museum’s Deputy Director and Aviation Legend
Donald Lopez Dies
Mar. 04, 2008 Donald S. Lopez, 84, deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, died of a heart attack on March 3. Mr. Lopez had been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1972, when he became part of the team led by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins responsible for planning the construction and opening of the National Air and Space Museum. |
