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The B-21 Raider Starts Flight Testing
The U.S. Air Force has begun flight testing Northrop Grumman's sixth generation B-21 stealth bomber. Matt Hartman, a freelance photojournalist captured the first flight of the B-21 on Nov. 10 with...
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European KC-135s Get Real Time Cockpit System Upgrades
Aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing are the first tankers in U.S. Air Forces in Europe to be equipped with a new data link system, allowing them to communicate and...
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GAO Report: Maintenance and Supply Delays Continue to Impact F-35 Readiness
Maintenance challenges negatively affect F-35 aircraft readiness. The F-35 fleet mission capable rate—the percentage of time the aircraft can perform one of...
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New 'Motherlode' Tool is Revolutionizing UK Navy Helicopter Maintenance
The U.K.'s Royal Navy is rolling out the use of a new artificial intelligence (AI) software tool called "Motherlode" that is poised to revolutionize the way military...
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Army Delivers First T901 ITEP Engines for FARA Prototype Helicopters
Both companies that are competing for the U.S. Army's new Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program have received the General Electric T901 Improved Turbine...
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Archer Achieves First Untethered Flight with Midnight eVTOL
On Oct. 24, Santa Clara, California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) manufacturer Archer Aviation completed the first flight of its five-seat Midnight...
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ATHENA Sensor Brings Generational Leap to Airborne MANPAD Protection
Since their introduction, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems – heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles – have been a persistent threat to U.S. Army aviation. Infrared...
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New CFM56 Turbine Blades to Improve Reliability for Thousands of Commercial and Military Aircraft Engines
CFM International has introduced a new design for High-Pressure Turbine (HPT) blades featured on the CFM56 engine, one of the most...
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Airbus Tests Single Stick Electric Flight Control System for Prototype eVTOL
Airbus Helicopters has completed a test flight using its FlightLab demonstrator helicopter to evaluate a new single stick electric flight control system...
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Air Force Receives First eVTOL Six Months Ahead of Schedule
The U.S. Air Force received its first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Joby Aviation last week, six months ahead of the expected 2024 delivery date....
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Navy Starts First Assemblies of F-35 Lift Fan Clutch
The U.S. Navy's Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) achieved its first assembly of a lift fan clutch for the F-35B Lightning II aircraft, becoming the first Department of Defense (DoD)...
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GM Hydrotec Boss Readies Fuel Cells for Commercial Deployment
Call it a “technology-meets-the-moment” place in the transportation sector’s innovation timeline. After decades of concentrated development work, GM’s fuel-cell...
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More Airports Test RF as Counter Measure for UAS in Restricted Airspace
More airports are starting to adopt and test the use of radio frequency (RF) mitigation techniques to counter the operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in violation of civilian airspace rules.
Application Briefs Aerospace
AI Algorithms Fly Valkyrie XQ-58A
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) engineers and researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) agents or algorithms to fly an unmanned XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft on a three-hour sortie during a July 25 demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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Anthem Flight Deck First Flight
Honeywell Aerospace completed the first flight of its Honeywell Anthem integrated flight deck using a Pilatus PC-12 test aircraft. Although Honeywell Anthem has been in flight test for more than a year and has accumulated more than 120 hours of flight time, this flight was the first managed by the next-generation avionics system.
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Learning Defects From Aircraft NDT Data
Non-destructive evaluation of aircraft production is optimized and digitalized with Industry 4.0. The aircraft structures produced using fiber metal laminate are traditionally inspected using water-coupled ultrasound scans and manually evaluated.
INSIDER Energy
DoD's First Electric Aircraft Charging Station is a BETA Supercharger
The first Department of Defense (DoD) electric aircraft installation will be a Level 3 supercharger provided by Vermont-based electric vertical takeoff and landing...
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Production Ready B-21 Bomber on Track for First Flight This Year
During a panel discussion at the 2023 Air Force Association (AFA) Air, Space and Cyber conference, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics President Tom Jones said the first B-21...
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Eurofighter Typhoons to Receive Touchscreen Cockpit Display Upgrades
BAE Systems has confirmed its selection of Collins Aerospace as the provider of the large area cockpit display upgrade for future Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft....
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AI Agents Execute Electronic Attack Using L-29s in ECHOS Demonstration
Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), completed an artificial intelligence (AI) demonstration using two...
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EASA Ready to Adopt Final Regulations for eVTOL Operations
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has proposed rules for safe operations of electric vertical take-off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL), paving the way for these...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Boeing T-7A Completes First Flight
The U.S. Air Force’s new pilot training aircraft, Boeing’s T-7A, completed its first flight on June 28, 2023. The aircraft is the first digitally designed tactical aircraft, developed using model-based systems engineering and 3D design tools.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance System
Collins Aerospace has announced the completion of flight testing for the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance System to enter operational service.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Digital Head-Up Display
Mercury Systems, Inc. has received a five-year contract worth as much as $83 million from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to deliver high-definition, digital head-up display (HUD) systems for the T-45 Goshawk training aircraft.
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Intelligent Gateway Connects Aircraft to Space Force Unified Data Library in Northern Edge Exercise
During the latest demonstration in the U.S. Indo Pacific Command's 2023 Northern Edge exercise series, an intelligence data gathering and...
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Air Force Awards JetZero $235 Million to Develop Blended Wing Body Demonstrator
The Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded a $235 million contract to JetZero for the "next phase of a blended wing body...
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Tanker Intelligent Gateway Tested During Joint Exercise with Australia, UK and US Air Force
During Joint Exercise Northern Edge 2023, participants from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test...
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F-35 Crash Caused by Wake Turbulence and Flight Control System Error
The October 2022 crash of an F-35A at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah was caused by wake turbulence from a preceding aircraft and erroneous air data inputs to the...
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Electrifying Aviation: The Path to Decarbonizing the Skies
After decades of tantalizing breakthroughs in battery technology, the last decade witnessed the emergence of energy storage as a challenger to fossil fuels for powering vehicles.
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