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Another example of how the bleeding edge aerospace sector is going through a massive shakeup has surfaced as civilian supersonic startup Exosonic has announced that it is going out of business after being unable to raise needed funding.Continue Reading… Continue reading Startup Exosonic goes from supersonic boom to bust
UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW demonstrator is scheduled to go online by 2030.Continue Reading… Continue reading Space-based solar power to be beamed to Iceland by 2030
Aerospace startup Natilus is taking on the biggest players in civil aviation, unveiling its plans to build its Horizon Blended Wing Body (BWB) passenger/cargo liner that can carry 200 passengers from New York to London with 50% lower emissions.Continue… Continue reading Natilus takes on Airbus and Boeing with blended-wing airliner
At this year’s Euronaval show outside of Paris, MBDA is showing off the latest version of its venerable Exocet anti-ship missile. The new submarine-launched SM40 boasts greatly increased range and targeting capabilities.Continue ReadingCategory: Milita… Continue reading Game-changing Exocet missile gets range and capability upgrades
Flight 6 of SpaceX’s giant Starship is scheduled to fly no earlier than Monday, November 18, 2024. If there are no delays, the world’s largest rocket ever to fly will lift off at 4:00 pm CST from the company’s Texas Starbase. Here’s how to watch.Contin… Continue reading First SpaceX Starship launch since ‘chopsticks’ catch: How to watch
Omega and Swatch’s MoonSwatch line of fashion wristwatches may not qualify as haute chronologie or a showcase of the watchmaker’s craft, but they have managed to introduce what may well be a unique function in the Mission to EarthPhase watch.Continue R… Continue reading Mission to EarthPhase watch boasts cunning complication
A major player in aerospace innovation has bitten the dust. Reaction Engines, a developer of hypersonic engine technology since 1989, has gone into administration and its closure is having a major impact on the hypersonic weapons program of Britain and… Continue reading Hypersonic program at risk after Reaction Engines goes belly up
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the release of the Bond thriller Goldfinger, Rolls-Royce has built a one-off Phantom Extended that is a modern take on the 1937 Phantom III Sedanca de Ville that the eponymous villain built out of smuggled gold.Co… Continue reading Rolls-Royce reveals one-off Goldfinger Phantom to mark anniversary
As the world watched slack-jawed while SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster made the world’s first tower capture landing after boosting the Starship 5 mission into orbit, few knew that the event came within one second of disaster.Continue ReadingCategory: Spac… Continue reading Historic Starship booster capture was a second from a fiery end
The US Navy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s unique FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) has been saved at the last minute from the breaker’s yard. Scheduled to be scrapped in Mexico, it was purchased by undersea design company DEEP.Continue Re… Continue reading Flipping FLIP ship saved from scrapyard at last minute