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Plane-maker Bombardier discloses breach after stolen data surfaces

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Hackers have exposed data about employees, customers and suppliers of Bombardier, a Canadian plane manufacturer, in what appears to be the latest ripple effect from a larger security incident humming through the private sector in North America.  A forensic analysis revealed that “confidential” information originating at Bombardier was stolen in a recent incident, the company said Tuesday. The Montreal-based Bombardier, which reported $16 billion in revenue in 2018, did not specify exactly what happened or when, though it did say the breach was the result of a “vulnerability affecting a third-party file-transfer application.” “The ongoing investigation indicates that the unauthorized access was limited solely to data stored on the specific servers,” the company said. “Manufacturing and customer support operations have not been impacted or interrupted.” The Bombardier news appears to be a reference to Accellion, an IT services provider victimized last year in an incident that is continuing to have […]

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MIT’s hybrid electric plane concept captures its own harmful pollutants

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Shifting to alternative propulsion technologies could go a long way toward cleaning up the pollution created by the aviation sector, and a new design cooked up by MIT scientists offers an intriguing look at a potential solution. The engineering team be… Continue reading MIT’s hybrid electric plane concept captures its own harmful pollutants→

FAA clears the path for supersonic flight testing over US soil

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There’s a new crop of supersonic aircraft beginning to sprout, thanks to advances in engine, materials and satellite weather tracking that will enable aircraft to break the sound barrier over land without the disruptive noise pollution of a sonic boom … Continue reading FAA clears the path for supersonic flight testing over US soil→

Avionics Safety and Secured Connectivity: A Look at DO-326A/ED-202A, DO-355 and DO-356

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One of the major improvements that the avionics industry is undergoing is an Internet of Things (IoT) upgrade. And this is inevitably affecting how airlines approach aircraft safety. From the beginning, safety has been paramount to the aviation industr… Continue reading Avionics Safety and Secured Connectivity: A Look at DO-326A/ED-202A, DO-355 and DO-356→

Peter Sripol’s DIY Electric Ultralight MK4

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Peter Sripol really likes building gravity defying death traps. He recently flew the fourth ultralight, which he designed and built himself. For a taste of what’s going on here, the wings have aluminum tube spars and are made of hot-wire-cut styrofoam sections.

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Lessons from barn owl flight could help aircraft handle strong winds

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Intrigued by the remarkable ability of birds to remain stable in the face of powerful winds, aerospace engineers in the UK have carried out a study to examine the phenomenon in great detail. By observing a barn owl in flight as it contended with bluste… Continue reading Lessons from barn owl flight could help aircraft handle strong winds→

Samad Aerospace proposes high-speed, long-range, hybrid VTOL jetplanes

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Some 50 miles outside London, roughly in between Cambridge and Oxford, lies a decent-sized town called Milton Keynes. A couple of miles outside Milton Keynes sits Cranfield Airport, originally built in World War 2. It’s got a couple of runways, one tha… Continue reading Samad Aerospace proposes high-speed, long-range, hybrid VTOL jetplanes→