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Showing posts with label Aviation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aviation. Show all posts
Monday, February 13, 2023

VISTA X-62 Advancing Autonomy and Changing the Face of Air Power

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The X-62A VISTA Aircraft flying above Edwards Air Force Base, California. Photo Credit: Kyle Brasier, U.S. Air Force The Lockheed Martin VIS...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

DARPA Selects Performer Teams for Liberty Lifter X-Plane Program

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Liberty Lifter Illustration Credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Two teams -- General Atomics working with Maritime Applied Phy...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Second Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept Launched From B-52 Accomplishes "All Test Objectives"

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Artist’s concept of the DARPA and Lockheed Martin Hypersonic Air Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). Illustration Credit: Lockheed Martin DARPA...

Boeing Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract for 15 KC-46A Tankers

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KC-46A Pegasus tanker Photo Credit: Boeing The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.3 billion contract for the ninth production lot of 15 ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

UNSW eco-friendly aviation research project receives CRC-P funding

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Dr Branislav Hredzak and Professor John Fletcher have been awarded funding from Round 13 of the CRC Project scheme in collaboration with Dov...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Lockheed Martin Announces Successful First Flight Of F-16 Block 70 Aircraft

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F-16 Block 70 first flight Photo Credit: Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockheed Martin today announced the successful first flight of the F-16...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

DARPA Selects Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 2 of Active Flow Control X-Plane

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DARPA CRANE X-Plane configuration in development for flight testing Active Flow Control (AFC) technologies Image Credit: Defense Advanced Re...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Sikorsky Delivers 5,000th “Hawk,” Highlights Versatility And Future Of Iconic Helicopter

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Sikorsky marks the delivery of the 5,000th “Hawk” helicopter, a UH-60M (pictured), at its headquarters in Stratford, Conn., Jan. 20, 2023. R...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Boeing Awarded NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Contract

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SFD Rendering NASA has selected Boeing and its industry team to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Brac...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Speeding up sugar's conversion into fuel

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The research has accelerated the production rate and yield of isobutanol from sugar. Photo Credit:  Bishnu Sarangi University of Queensland ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Jet engine lubrication oils are a major source of ultrafine particles

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Lubrication oil in the hot exhaust plume of an aircraft engine can form ultrafine particles as soon as the plume cools down. This has now be...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Consortium develops sustainable aircraft engines

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Flying without pollutant emissions should be possible in the future. Photo Credit: RUB, Marquard A new drive technology should make air trav...
Monday, November 14, 2022

With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions

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A thin rod of 3D-printed superalloy is drawn out of a water bath, and through an induction coil, where it is heated to temperatures that tra...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Boeing-Built X-37B Completes Sixth Mission, Sets New Endurance Record

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The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:22 a.m. ET, November 12, 2022. Photo...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Sikorsky And DARPA's Autonomous Black Hawk® Flies Logistics and Rescue Missions Without Pilots on Board

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SikorskyOPVBlackHawkYuma2022 Sikorsky demonstrates to the U.S. Army for the first time how an optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter flyin...
Monday, October 31, 2022

New Tech Solves Longstanding Challenges for Self-Healing Materials

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3D printed thermoplastic on woven-carbon fiber reinforcement. Credit: North Carolina State University Engineering researchers have developed...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Borrowing a shape from a to-go cup lid, a drone wing could learn how to sense danger faster

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Researchers have discovered a new possible use for the dome shape that you would find on a to-go cup lid. Credit: Pexels/Caleb Oquendo The o...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

U.S. Air Force Declares Initial Operational Capability of Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II

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The HH-60W Jolly Green II Full Size Image Credit: Lockheed Martin Corporation The U.S. Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability (IO...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Sikorsky Continues Progress on RAIDER X® Helicopter for U.S. Army

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RAIDER X is 92% complete at Sikorsky’s Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. The design is based on Sikorsky’s X2 technolog...
Monday, October 3, 2022

U.S. Army Orders Additional Enhanced CH-47F Block II Chinooks

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The CH-47F Block II during first flight. The Block II Chinook is powered by cutting-edge technologies — including redesigned fuel tanks, a s...