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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
Boeing and defense company Nammo partnering with the US Army have set a new range record during an indirect fire test of a ramjet-powered artillery shell when a Ramjet 155-mm round was fired from a 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA).Cont… Continue reading Ramjet-powered artillery shell sets new range record
Boeing has been tapped by DARPA to develop and test the technology that will be required to build a prototype to intercept hypersonic missiles in the upper atmosphere as part of the agency’s four-year Glide Breaker program.Continue ReadingCategory: Mil… Continue reading Boeing to develop hypersonic missile interceptor for DARPA
Six years after its initial launch date, the first crewed flight of Boeing’s ill-fated Starliner spacecraft has been postponed once again until at least March 2024 due to ongoing issues with the capsule’s reentry parachutes and related safety issues.Co… Continue reading First crewed Starliner flight to ISS delayed until at least March 2024
Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of …read more Continue reading Truss-Braced Wings Could Bring New Look To Runways Worldwide
Boeing, in conjunction with the US Air Force, has completed the maiden flight of the Air Force’s first of five test T-7A Red Hawk trainer jets as the program shifts into its Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading First US Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet takes to the skies
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator full-scale single-aisle research plane designed to explore net-zero aviation emissions and faster, more economical passenger flight near the speed of sound has been named the X-66A by the US Air Force.Continue Rea… Continue reading NASA’s X-66A transonic plane doesn’t have a perfect wing, but it tries
It isn’t that often that we civilians get the chance to closely examine the fantastic internals that make up the modern marvels of avionic engineering. Luckily for us, [Glen] got …read more Continue reading A Peek Inside a 747 Fuel Gauge
Sir Richard Branson’s space launch company Virgin Orbit has closed its doors and ceased to exist after the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware broke it up and sold off its assets to bidders. This comes after a failed attempt to c… Continue reading Virgin Orbit crashes out of the space race as assets are sold off
VTOL drones may be versatile, but the weight and aerodynamic drag of their extra hardware results in a shorter range than that of their fixed-wing-only counterparts. That’s where the FLARES system comes in, as it lets fixed-wing drones make vertical ta… Continue reading FLARES system gives non-VTOL drones a VTOL boost