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Aerion AS2 Supersonic Bizjet on Track for Trans-Atlantic Crossing in 2023
The AS2 industry team – comprising Aerion in Reno, Nevada; Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Maryland; GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio; and Honeywell in Morris Plains,...
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Researchers Work to Uncover Turboelectric Propulsion’s Unknown Challenges
The NASA STARC-ABL – or “single-aisle turboelectric aircraft with an aft boundary-layer propulsor” – concept is under consideration as one of the...
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2050 Aircraft Engine Designs Go Radical, Part 2
The search for ever-lower emission technology for future generations of aircraft engines is actively progressing on both sides of the Atlantic. Tucked away on a modest-size stand at this...
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2050 Aircraft Engine Designs Go Radical, Part 1
The search for ever-lower emission technology for future generations of aircraft engines is actively progressing on both sides of the Atlantic. Tucked away on a modest-size stand at this...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Maintaining the Data-Rich Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine
While telemetry has always played a crucial role in aviation, the volume of data that engine makers used to collect was relatively small. When Pratt & Whitney debuted its first engine...
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Airbus, U.S. Airline Flight Test GKN Aerospace Hydrophobic Coating for Cockpit Windows
Officials at an as-yet-unnamed airline in the U.S. is assessing a new hydrophobic coating developed by GKN Aerospace materials science and engineering...
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Zwick Roell Provides Flexible Materials Testing over a Wide Temperature Range
Materials research and development frequently require materials to be tested at different temperatures, in line with their eventual area of use. For aerospace...
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SES to Outfit Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopters with Unitech Composites Weapons Pylons
Unitech Composites, a Unitech Aerospace company in Hayden, Idaho, is providing its Lightweight Armament Support Structure (LASS) composite weapons...
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Ensuring Aircraft Safety Requires Right Wheel Inspection Equipment
To ensure safe aircraft takeoffs and landings, one of the most vital areas to inspect for possible fatigue cracking and heat damage is the wheel bead seat. Comprehensive...
INSIDER Materials
Smart Materials Boost Jet Engine Efficiency and Reduce Noise
A group of new smart materials has the potential to significantly improve the efficiency of jet engines, cutting the cost of flying. The materials, which could also reduce...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Fokker Uses ZwickRoell Creep Testing Machines to Test for Hydrogen Embrittlement on Landing Gear Components
Aerospace manufacturers walk a metaphorical balance beam to continually develop and produce stronger, more efficient materials and...
News Manned Systems
Barker Approaches Aircraft as System of Systems in Latest SAE International Book
Today’s airframe manufacturers have taken on more of the role of systems integrators, putting the focus on the aircraft as a system-of-many-systems. Sean...
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Aerospace Materials Testing Could Have Medical-Grade Digital Traceability Through ZwickRoell
The future of the aerospace industry relies on innovative materials to improve aircraft performance, weight, and strength. Beyond the materials...
News Manufacturing & Prototyping
Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Seek Simplified, Portable, Fast Aviation Eddy Current Testing
In aircraft maintenance and repair, eddy current devices have long been used to nondestructively test (NDT) wheels, struts, propellers, airframes,...
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Unique Chamber Gives Air Force Real-World Corrosion Test Capabilities
Aircraft corrosion is a multi-faceted issue that requires more than a simple, one-dimensional approach. To enable Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) personnel to arrive...
INSIDER Transportation
Army Developing Next Generation Combat Vehicles
While the Army's current combat fleet is composed of very capable vehicles, they have been in the inventory for decades and their ability to overmatch peer capabilities in close combat is...
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Soyuz MS-10 Launch Abort Prompts Investigation into Booster Anomaly
NASA officials in Washington are pledging to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of an anomaly with a rocket booster on the Soyuz MS-10 manned spacecraft,...
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L3 Technologies Expands Training Facility in Response to Pilot Shortage
To address widespread pilot shortages, L3 Technologies of Arlington, Texas has expanded its state-of-the-at L3 Arlington Training Center facility near the Dallas Fort...
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New Design Wins over Upgrades for Next US Air Force Military Jet Trainer Aircraft
Boeing won a $9.2 billion contract to deliver a new jet trainer for the US Air Force T-X program, replacing the 1960s era Northrop T-38 Talon. An initial $815...
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Lockheed Martin Will Merge Machine Learning with 3D Printing
Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md. and the Office of Naval Research are exploring how to apply artificial intelligence to train robots to independently oversee and optimize...
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New, Clean-Sheet Military Aircraft Design Beats Upgrades to Win US Air Force T-X Contract
Boeing won the long-running battle to provide a new jet trainer for the US Air Force T-X program. The search for a replacement for the 1960s era...
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Generation Orbit’s GOLauncher1 Is Officially the Air Force’s X-60A Hypersonic Flight Research Vehicle
The United States Air Force (USAF) has designated the GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is...
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Boeing Extends Use of Siemens’ Mentor Graphics Technology for Electrical Systems and Electronics Design, Mechanical Analysis
Boeing officials are expanding the company’s use of Siemens’ Mentor Graphics software as part of its Second...
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Unleashing AI in Aviation Will Accelerate Move to Zero-Pilot Cargo and Passenger Aircraft
Software has transformed every operational asset of everything in life; artificial intelligence (AI) will have as big an impact on life, predicts Mark...
News Unmanned Systems
Standards to Help Define Role of Humans, Automated Systems in Aerospace Industry of Tomorrow
David Schutt, CEO of SAE International, opened the 2018 SAE Aerospace Standards Summit, focused on the theme of humans on the loop – defining the...
Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Unmanned Aerial Refueling Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.Poway, CA858-312-2810www.ga-asi.com General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is using an integrated fuel tank structure to maximize fuel offload for the...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Fundamental Aspects of Single Molecule and Zeptomole Electroanalysis
The objective of this research program was to provide the fundamental understanding required for using the principles of electroanalytical chemistry to detect target molecules...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Space Debris Orbit and Attitude Prediction for Enhanced and Efficient Space Situational Awareness
This research deals with the problem of modelling the orbit and attitude motion of uncontrolled manmade objects in orbit about the Earth, which...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Burner Rig Testing of A500® C/SiC
There is growing interest in developing, testing, and deploying ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) into commercial and military aerospace gas turbine engines due to their durability under extreme conditions and...
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