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Drone Control System
Kongsberg Geospatial recently introduced a new multi-domain control system for coordinating the use of drones in the battlespace.
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Siemens Digital Industries Software Debuts, Focuses on Delivering Digital Future of Industry Today
Siemens PLM Software has transformed into Siemens Digital Industries Software, reaffirming its focus on enabling digital industries and...
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Air Force Begins 3D Printing Nonstructural Aircraft Parts
The 60th Maintenance Squadron (60th MXS) at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, is the first field unit in the United States Air Force to produce approved nonstructural...
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Collins Aerospace Provides Avionics for C-130H Modernization Program
The Lockheed C-130H Hercules fleet operated by the Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve is getting new Collins Aerospace Systems avionics that will help extend...
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Explainable-AI Image Recognition Is the Next Step for U.S. Air Force Unmanned Aircraft
Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC), a Potomac Maryland-based start-up, will develop 3D image recognition technology for U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial...
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Virtual Factories Accelerate Collaboration, Advance Technologies
The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a non-profit consortium based in Prince George County, Virginia, uses a 3D visualization lab to expand beyond the...
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Boeing's Latest Contract Secures New Wings for Remaining A-10 Fleet
After wrapping up a wing swap on 173 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support attack aircraft, the Boeing Company was awarded with another Indefinite...
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Impossible Aerospace US-1 Makes Long-Distance Flight over Nevada Salt Flats
During a public demonstration, an unmodified production Impossible Aerospace Corporation’s US-1 quadcopter, carrying both a FLIR Duo Pro R thermal camera and HD...
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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Will Launch Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will supply launch vehicles for the Dream Chaser Cargo System. Starting in 2021, Dream Chaser – Sierra Nevada...
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Space Launch Providers Submit Proposals for National Security Space Launch Program
Four companies – Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) – recently submitted proposals for the U.S. Air...
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Embraer’s New Praetor 500 Is Awarded Type Certification in São Paulo During LABACE
Embraer’s new Praetor 500 midsize business jet was awarded Type Certification from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Authority (Agência Nacional de...
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HondaJet Is the Most Delivered Very Light Business Jet in 2019
Honda Aircraft Company’s HondaJet is outpacing its competitors in the very light business jet category with the most aircraft delivered in the first half of 2019, according to...
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AirMap and Skyguide Deploy Swiss National Flight Information Management System for Drones
Swiss air navigation service provider, skyguide, AirMap, Inc. – the leading global airspace intelligence platform for drones, and the Swiss Federal...
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Industry Veteran and SAE Member Shares a Lifetime of Aerospace Experience, from Bombers to Space Suits
Looking back on an organization’s history can help to give perspective and chart the path forward. SAE International, initially...
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New Boeing Facility Will Improve V-22 Quality, Safety
Outside of Philadelphia, a 350,000-square-foot facility has been transformed into a modern factory where the Boeing Company will build fuselages for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft....
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Bell Incorporates Bird-Deterring Lights as Standard Equipment on Bell 407 Helicopters
Helicopter manufacturer and Textron Inc. subsidiary, Bell Flight, is adding a new piece of standard equipment to its Bell 407GXi single-engine, civil...
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Raytheon, DARPA Push Forward with Hypersonic Weapon Design
Raytheon Company and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have made progress in hypersonic flight with the Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) hypersonic weapons program....
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OXIS Energy and Bye Aerospace Partner to Develop Advanced Lithium Sulfur Battery Cells for Aviation
Bye Aerospace is looking at OXIS Energy Ltd.’s lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cell technology to power its future aircraft and air-taxi or...
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Microturbine Propulsion for UAVs
The continued use of reciprocating engines has limited the UAV market’s ability to reach its true growth potential.
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F-35 and F-16 Ground Collision Avoidance Software Team Takes Collier Trophy
Two members of DCS Corp – Mark Wilkins and Finley Barfield – won the highly distinguished Robert J. Collier Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association for...
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Honeywell Acquires TruTrak and Expands General Aviation Avionics Portfolio
TruTrak Flight Systems, an autopilot system developer specializing in experimental and light aircraft, will become part of Honeywell Aerospace’s BendixKing. The...
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The F-35 Is Getting Life-Saving Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance Systems from the F-16
The fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II stealth multirole fighter is now a safer aircraft to fly thanks to collision avoidance...
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How Has Automation Transformed Aviation?
Over the past year, the aviation industry has consistently been in the news over unfortunate circumstances. One topic that has been highlighted as a potential failure point is automated systems in...
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Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II, 2nd Edition Has Been Expanded to Include New Images and Information
Originally published in 1995 and held in high regard, Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II is Graham White’s...
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Is Complete, Assembled, and Ready for Integration Ahead of Final Testing
Lockheed Martin Corporation has finished building the capsule for NASA's Orion spacecraft – the spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission to the...
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Continental Aerospace Technologies Team with VerdeGo to Develop Hybrid Electric Urban Air Mobility Systems
Mobile, Alabama-based Continental Aerospace Technologies is partnering with VerdeGo Aero Inc. to develop VerdeGo’s Integrated...
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Inside Story: Allied Motion
To find out more about the expertise required to develop successful motion solutions for medical equipment, MDB recently spoke with Dave Hawes, Director of Engineering at the Allied Motion facility in Tulsa, OK.
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Pratt & Whitney Develops Digitally Curated Maintenance Solutions for General Aviation
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation based in East Hartford, Connecticut, has launched a new data-rich mobile application...
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BendixKing and Airwork Are Developing Cockpit Upgrades for the Often Overlooked Small- and Medium-Sized Helicopter Market
Honeywell International Inc.’s subsidiary BendixKing is working with Airwork New Zealand to develop Supplemental...
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