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Additive Manufacturing, Composites Help Grow Global Electric Aircraft Market

The electric aircraft market continues to grow at a fast pace, boosted by increasing demand for ultralight electric test aircraft and innovative general aviation (GA)...

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Automotive

Subaru’s New ‘Souped Up’ Vehicle Is a Bell Helicopter

Bell Helicopter, a division of Textron based in Forth Worth, Texas, is partnering with Subaru Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, to collaborate on a commercial enhancement of the Bell...

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Weapons Systems

Airbus Zephyr S Breaks World Flight Endurance Record During Maiden Flight

After taking off on July 11 in Arizona, the Zephyr S unmanned aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space in Ottobrunn, Germany logged a maiden flight of over 25 days –...

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Software

Advances in Adhesive Joining of Structural Components Focus of New Book from SAE International

Adhesive joining of structural components will assume an increasingly important role in designing and manufacturing lightweight structures for...

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Propulsion

Parker Aerospace Wins Cessna Denali Bleed Air Control System Contract

Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, was awarded the bleed air control system (BACS), a major component of the...

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Propulsion

Arconic Unveils Advanced Titanium Alloy for Higher Temperature Aerospace Applications

Arconic, Inc., headquartered in New York City, has released their latest advanced titanium alloy – ARCONIC-THOR –designed for higher temperature...

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Power

Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center to Focus on Designing, Building, Flying Autonomous Aircraft

Boeing (NYSE:BA) officials plan to open the new Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass., in the Massachusetts Institute of...

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Aerospace

Lockheed Martin and Arconic Collaborate on 3D Printing and Advanced Aerospace Materials

As part of an initiative to develop next-generation advanced materials and manufacturing processes, Lockheed Martin Corporation, based out of Bethesda,...

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Electronics & Computers

Parker Aerospace and GKN Aerospace to Develop Passive Cooling Solutions for Next-Generation Aircraft Engines

Parker Aerospace, a business group of Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin Corporation, has reached a collaborative technology...

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Defense

NASA, Boeing, SpaceX to Launch ‘New Era in Human Spaceflight’

Astronaut launches will return to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle’s retirement in 2011. NASA officials have named the first U.S. astronauts who will fly...

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Propulsion

Stratos Aircraft Evolves Carbon-Fiber Very Light Jet, Offers Limited Number of Kit Aircraft

Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Ore., is introducing the Stratos 716 model, an evolved version of its 714 proof of concept (PoC) aircraft. A multi-role...

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Manned Systems

Russia to Bring Back the Wing-In-Ground-Effect Aircraft

On July 30, according to Russian state news outlet TASS, Russia is developing a prototype of the Orlan wing-in-ground-effect multimode aircraft under the state armament program.

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Unmanned Systems

Textron Systems, Textron Aviation Defense Demonstrate Simulated Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capability

The ability to control unmanned systems from the cockpit of a manned tactical aircraft is coming closer to reality. Engineers at Textron...

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Robotics, Automation & Control

Gulfstream G500 Earns FAA Type and Production Certificates

The Gulfstream G500 twin-engine business jet – designed and manufactured by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. of Savannah, Ga. – recently completed type certification and received a...

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Aerospace

SaraniaSat Wins $5M NASA InVEST Contract for Hyperspectral Thermal Imager

SaraniaSat, an aerospace start-up in Los Angeles, won a three-year, $5.1 million NASA In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) contract to test and...

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Design

NASA Invests in Aerospace Start-Up, University Projects on CubeSat Platform

NASA Science Mission Directorate officials in Washington are funding three new projects selected from a pool of 25 received in response to the NASA Earth Science...

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Materials

Using Thermoplastics in Aerospace Applications

In August 2017, Qantas Airlines laid down the challenge to both Boeing and Airbus to offer an aircraft that can cross one of aviation's “last frontiers.” That “last frontier” was an...

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Unmanned Systems

Designing a High-Speed Decoy Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Drone aircraft and their uses have been evolving quickly, supported by a great deal of ongoing research. One area of increasing interest is the decoy drone, designed to mimic the radar...

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Test & Measurement

In-Flight Real-Time Avionics Adaptation

Avionics is a very restricting domain for obvious safety reasons. Along with miniaturization comes the idea of integration. More functionality on one spot requires a good management of privacy and...

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Aerospace

Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System

AeroVironment, Inc.Monrovia, CA626-357-9983www.avinc.com AeroVironment, Inc., a specialist in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, and ESG Elektroniksystem- und...