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Military drones are moving into the heavy-hitting league, as Stedicopter shows off its Golden Eagle HS (Heavy Strike) Rotary Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS). It’s a 50-kg (110-lb) autonomous helicopter that can carry a heavy anti-tank missile.Continue Re… Continue reading Watch: Golden Eagle HS is a tiny copter with a big punch
Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover collected on Mars is shedding new light on how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past due to a changing climate that caused the surface water to evaporate or be locked away as ice.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Curiosity rover sheds new light on how Mars became uninhabitable
ESA’s Hera spacecraft designed to assess NASA’s experiment to deflect an asteroid has launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. At 14:52 GMT, the robotic probe lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket to begin its three-year mission.Continue … Continue reading Watch: Hera asteroid defense mission lifts off
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
When is an empty tube not an empty tube? When it’s a ramjet that uses rotating detonation technology to propel aircraft at hypersonic speeds. A case in point is Venus Aerospace’s new Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb Thrust Engine (VDR2).Continue Reading… Continue reading Rotating detonation ramjet engine for hypersonic speeds to fly in 2025
Electra has shown off the extreme takeoff and landing capabilities of its hybrid-electric Short Takeoff and Landing (eSTOL) Ultra Short prototype aircraft to the US Military. The aircraft is designed to operate from areas without proper airfields.Conti… Continue reading US military checks out aircraft that can take off on sub-100-m runways
China is planning to put people on the Moon around 2030 and is showing off the new space suits they’ll be wearing. At a media event, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) had two astronauts put the suits through their paces for the cameras.Continue Read… Continue reading The space suit Chinese astronauts will wear on the Moon
Westinghouse Electric Company is advancing its revolutionary eVinci nuclear microreactor. Based on space nuclear technology, it boasts a tiny footprint, no moving parts, and can be swapped out for refueling, much like replacing a used gas bottle.Contin… Continue reading eVinci nuclear microreactor moves towards commercialization
Aurora Flight Sciences has released a new video of its revolutionary wing-in-ground-effect Liberty Lifter concept aircraft that it’s developing for DARPA. The aircraft uses ground effect to lift heavy loads without the need for an airstrip or ship port… Continue reading Watch: New animation shows wing-in-ground effect Liberty Lifter in action