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A US Air Force jet has became the first military aircraft to have an artificial intelligence algorithm serve as the co-pilot. On December 15, 2020, a U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft attached to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and pilo… Continue reading Artificial intelligence co-pilots military jet for the first time
Virgin Galactic has hit a small speed bump as it continues testing of its spaceplane in New Mexico, with the latest outing for SpaceShipTwo Unity brought to a premature end due to rocket failure. The vehicle failed to reach space after detaching from i… Continue reading Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fails to fire on attempt to reach space
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Navy have successfully destroyed a mock ICBM missile on the edge of space using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile launched from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113).Continu… Continue reading US Navy destroyer intercepts mock ICBM with standard missile
Richard Browning’s Jet Suit may have a lock on cool, but now it’s looking for practical applications. Britain’s Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has collaborated with Gravity Industries on a test flight at the Langdale Pikes in the Lake Distri… Continue reading Jet Suit flight test raises prospect of flying “Iron Man” paramedics
Richard Browning’s Jet Suit may have a lock on cool, but now it’s looking for practical applications. Britain’s Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has collaborated with Gravity Industries on a test flight at the Langdale Pikes in the Lake Distri… Continue reading Jet Suit flight test raises prospect of flying “Iron Man” paramedics
ZeroAvia says it has completed the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell-powered flight of a commercial-grade aircraft. On September 23, 2020, a modified Piper M-class six-seater plane, which ZeroAvia says is now the largest hydrogen-powered aircraft in the… Continue reading World’s largest hydrogen-powered plane makes maiden flight
Two variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) being developed for DARPA and the US Air Force have completed their final captive carry flight tests and are now cleared for their first free-flight tests within the next year.Continue … Continue reading DARPA/US Air Force hypersonic air-breathing weapon ready for free flight
DARPA has announced that its unmanned Gremlins X-61A air vehicle has completed a second round of aerial tests at the US Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. In late July 2020, the agency completed multiple air-vehicle ground and recovery tests as part… Continue reading DARPA’s Gremlins military drone completes key second test flight
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force have completed the first flight test of a tactical version of the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). Strapped beneath the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber, the missile was carried int… Continue reading Successful flight test for first tactical AGM-183A hypersonic missile
Virgin Galactic continues to make itself at home in New Mexico, today completing the second successful glide test of its VSS Unity spaceplane since relocating there earlier in the year. The unpowered flight went off without a hitch and saw the spacecra… Continue reading Virgin Galactic ramps up glide testing at Spaceport America