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NASA’s Ingenuity is no longer just the world’s most expensive hobby helicopter. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given an official flight designator and call-sign codes for the robotic rotorcraft and the Wright Brothers Field in… Continue reading Ingenuity Mars helicopter gets official international call-sign
The US Air Force is seeking upgrades to its fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones as its mission shifts from anti-extremist operations to dealing with near-peer adversaries like Russia and China. Through the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s MQ-9 Program … Continue reading MQ-9 Reaper drone being upgraded to meet new geopolitical reality
The US Air Force has taken early delivery of a second F-15EX fighter jet, opening the way to beginning full-scale flight testing of the latest F-15 variant being built by a Boeing-led industry team for the Air Force and the Air National Guard.Continue … Continue reading US Air Force takes delivery of second F-15EX fighter
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history again today by flying horizontally for the first time. At 5:33 am EDT, the tissue-box-sized rotorcraft lifted off from what’s been dubbed “Wright Brother’s Field” on the Red Planet and flew for 51.9 seconds… Continue reading Ingenuity helicopter makes first controlled horizontal flight on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has notched up another first by extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. On April 20, 2021, the toaster-sized Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) converted carbon dioxide into about 5.4 grams… Continue reading Perseverance makes oxygen on Mars for the first time
If you’ve ever wondered why the rabbits in your garden aren’t as big as horses, wonder no more. According to a team of scientists led by Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute, competition with larger, hoofed herbivores puts a cap on bunny size…. Continue reading Scientists find a reason rabbits aren’t as big as a horse
A frosty ecological drama has come to an end with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) declaring the giant iceberg A-68a is no more. The science mission to monitor the berg has now been wound up because A-68a has broken up into disintegrating fragments t… Continue reading Mega-iceberg breaks up before reaching South Georgia Island
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new line of military tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed to provide battlefield forces with long-range tracking of moving targets in hostile environments in near-real-time.Con… Continue reading Lockheed Martin unveils new line of tactical military satellites
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft’s S-97 Raider advanced prototype helicopter has shown off its agility in two demonstration flights for the US Army at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. With Sikorsky pilots Christiaan Corry and Bi… Continue reading Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider helicopter puts on a show for the US Army
BAE Systems has been engaged by the US Army to deliver two evaluation prototype arctic field vehicles by June 14, 2021. Called Beowulf, it’s BAE’s candidate for the Army’s Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program to replace the aging Small Unit … Continue reading US Army to test Beowulf arctic amphibious all-terrain vehicle