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Milrem Robotics and InnoVfoam have teamed up to create a new family of foam-shooting firefighting robots to help or replace human firefighters in dangerous situations. Based on Milrem’s Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Multiscope Rescue robot, the system … Continue reading New foam-shooting robots to keep firefighters out of harm’s way
Wind turbine towers have become a familiar sight in many parts of the world, but if Ampyx Power has its way, they could be replaced with fleets of tethered drones. Supported by ESA’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP), the Dutch compa… Continue reading Tethered high-altitude drones designed to replace wind turbines
The Intelsat 901 has returned to service less than two months after its historic docking with Northrop Grumman’s first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1). Intelsat announced today that the 19-year-old communications satellite is now operating in its new… Continue reading Communications satellite returns to service after historic docking
Airbus has announced the successful completion of the world’s first fully automatic boom system air-to-air refueling (A3R) operation. At an undisclosed date earlier this year, an Airbus tanker test aircraft equipped with the Airbus A3R refueling system… Continue reading Airbus makes first-ever fully automatic air-to-air refueling contacts
The date for SpaceX’s first manned Crew Dragon flight has been set. NASA announced that the Demo-2 mission will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, 2020, at 4:32 pm EDT with NASA ast… Continue reading First manned SpaceX Crew Dragon flight set for May 27 liftoff
The United States Space Force (USSF) reports that Russia has launched a Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile. US Space Command detected and tracked the weapon capable of destroying a satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) on April 15.Continue Readin… Continue reading US Space Force condemns test launch of Russian anti-satellite weapon
A review of early data returned by NASA’s Kepler mission has revealed one of the most Earth-like exoplanets discovered so far. Located 300 light-years away, the new planet is slightly larger than our own, is estimated to have a similar temperature, and… Continue reading Kepler data reveals most Earth-like exoplanet in size and temperature yet
ESA has taken the wraps off its concept for the spacesuit glove of the future. Derived from the space agency’s two-year Pextex project aimed at finding new spacesuit materials, the mockup glove designed by the Comex company and designer Agatha Medioni … Continue reading ESA unveils concept spacesuit glove of the future
The most advanced version of the F-15 multi-role jet fighter has made its maiden flight. With Boeing Chief Test Pilot Matt Giese at the controls, the F-15QA being developed for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) took off from Lambert International Airpor… Continue reading Most advanced F-15 variant takes to the air for the first time
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that one of its MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has completed its first ferry flight. On January 8, 2020, the unmanned prop-driven craft flew from GA-ASI’s Flight Operations Center … Continue reading First ferry flight for General Avionics’ MQ-9 Predator