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Mentioning Airbus doesn’t usually bring the image of sea vessels to mind, but the aerospace giant has announced that it plans to replace its charter fleet that carries components across the ocean with greener, more efficient ships starting in 2026.Cont… Continue reading Airbus to launch new low-carbon ocean fleet featuring Flettner rotors
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will build a new high-yield nuclear gravity bomb called the B61-13 once given Congressional approval and funding.Continue R… Continue reading US to build new nuclear gravity bomb
In anticipation of a photographic bonanza, NASA and ESA are testing the new Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC), which will be carried by future astronauts to record their adventures in images and video when they return to the Moon in a few years.Co… Continue reading ESA field tests new Moon camera for Artemis lunar landings
The US Air Force has confirmed that its Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider heavy strategic bomber has begun ground taxi tests in Palmdale, California. The secret tests indicate that the maiden flight of the stealth warplane is on track for later this year.Co… Continue reading B-21 Raider heavy bomber begins secret taxi tests
Airbus Helicopters’ new FlightLab flying laboratory is already yielding results, successfully testing a fly-by-wire system for Airbus’ CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL prototype that reduces the primary flight controls to a single joystick.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Airbus Helicopters single-joystick system simplifies copter controls
How do you protect hypersonic vehicles from the high temperatures of over 2,200 °C (4,000 °F) encountered when flying in excess of Mach 5? According to the RTX Technology Research Center, the answer is to make them sweat.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircr… Continue reading How to protect hypersonic vehicles? Make them sweat
IBM Research’s lab in California is developing a prototype chip called NorthPole based on the architecture of the human brain. It holds the promise of greatly improving computer efficiency and producing systems that do not rely on cloud computing.Conti… Continue reading IBM’s NorthPole chip mimics the human brain for greater power
Northop Grumman has come up with a new warning sensor system called the Advanced Tactical Hostile Engagement Awareness (ATHENA), which is designed to defend aircraft against the threat of heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading ATHENA smart sensor protects aircraft from heat-seeking missiles
NASA Voyager mission engineers are preparing a software patch that will allow the thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 interstellar probes to continue operating for another five years, keeping the spacecraft in communications with Earth.Continue Readin… Continue reading NASA tweaks Voyager software to protect thrusters against gunge
Boeing and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a jet-turbine-powered kit that turns a standard 500-lb (228-kg) “dumb” iron bomb into a miniature precision cruise missile.Continue ReadingCategory: Mil… Continue reading Bolt-on kit turns “dumb” bombs into precision cruise missiles