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Raytheon to Upgrade B-52 with AESA Radars
The Boeing Company has chosen the Raytheon Company to supply modernized radar equipment for the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress radar modernization program. Under the contract, Raytheon will design,...
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Sonex Aircraft Is Developing the World's Most Afforadable Jet Trainer
While small electric aircraft like Bye Aerospace eFlyer aircraft may guarantee operating costs under $50 per hour, Sonex Aircraft, LLC is carving out a niche in...
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Orion Launch Abort System Passes Full-Stress Flight Test
The Orion spacecraft – the spacecraft integral to NASA’s Artemis program – passed through another milestone in preparation for flight. Researchers from NASA and Jacobs...
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BAE Systems Wins $4.7M from DARPA to Integrate Machine Learning into Signals Intelligence Platforms
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials in Arlington, Virginia, have selected BAE Systems Electronic Systems in Nashua, New...
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Like a Good Neighbor, Impossible Aerospace Flew over to a Nearby Construction Fire to Help Locate Hotspots for First Responders
When a four-alarm fire started burning at a Santa Clara, California construction site down the street from...
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Addressing Configuration Controls in an Era of Multiple Security Frameworks
We have entered the era of multiple security frameworks. Sometimes mandatory, often voluntary, security frameworks are created to provide federal and commercial...
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Argus Makes Fleet Protection Cybersecurity Available to Both Automotive and Aircraft Fleets
Vehicle connectivity is beginning to unlock a range of benefits – from airline and rideshare fleet management and predictive maintenance to safety...
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Boeing’s Next EcoDemonstrator Test Bed Will Be a 777
The Boeing Company is kicking off a new round of flight-testing to research approximately 50 technology projects related to safety, environmental sustainability, and passenger...
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Sciaky, Aubert & Duval, and Airbus Join Together to Combine High-Power Forging with Additive Manufacturing
Sciaky, Inc., Aubert & Duval S.A., Airbus SE, and the Saint Exupéry Institute for Research in Technology (IRT) have laid out a...
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Dragonfly Will Be NASA’s Next Solar System Explorer
NASA announced that Dragonfly – a dual-quadcopter developed for NASA’s New Frontiers Program – will be sent to Titan: Saturn’s largest moon. Dragonfly, which might be called a...
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LASER World of PHOTONICS, Day 3 — Unusual Exhibits
Editor Bruce A. Bennett takes us through the unusual — and completely unexpected —at this year's LASER World of Photonics.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Will Acquire Bombardier’s Regional Jet Program
After failing to establish itself in the commercial aviation market against entrenched competition from The Boeing Company and Airbus SE, Montreal-based...
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New Zealand and LeoLabs Establish the First Low-Earth Orbit Regulatory Platform
LeoLabs, Inc. of Menlo Park, California has deployed the world's first dedicated regulatory platform for low-Earth orbit (LEO): the Space Regulatory and...
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Northrop Grumman Will Fit Its Scramjet Combustors to Raytheon’s Hypersonic Missile
Unlike vehicles with conventional rocket engines, which carry oxygen onboard, the Northrop Grumman’s hypersonic propulsion system – which first powered...
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L3 Makes Its C-130 Modernization Package Available to Global Operators
As of 2015, more than 2,500 Lockheed Martin (née Lockheed) C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft have been built and delivered. Originally developed in the early...
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NASA Crash Landing Is a Complete Success
NASA just crash landed a Fokker F28 Mark 1000 Fellowship short-range, narrow-body airliner. The event, an experiment to gather crash-safety data, occurred at NASA Langley Research Center’s Landing...
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Airbus Will Lean on Start-Ups and Research Institutes for Europe’s Future Combat Air System
Airbus intends to closely cooperate with start-ups, sole subject matter experts (SMEs), and research institutes – especially in the software...
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MTSI’s Latest Project Gives Fixed-Wing Aircraft Vertical Cargo Lift Capabilities
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), an engineering services and technology company based in Alexandria, Virginia, has developed an unconventional...
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International Airlines Group Will Buy 200 Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft
International Airlines Group (IAG) will be purchase 200 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to expand its fleet. The agreement, announced at the 53rd International Paris Air Show, marks...
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SAE International Establishes a New AI Standards Committee at Le Bourget
SAE International announced the formation of a new artificial intelligence (AI) standards committee during the 53rd International Paris Air Show. The SAE G-34 Committee...
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ANSYS Will Help Airbus Develop AI-Enabled Flight Controls for the FCAS Program’s Autonomous Wingmen
Airbus Defence and Space, a division of Airbus SE, is partnering with Pittsburgh-based ANSYS, Inc. to develop software for advanced...
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Artificial Intelligence Could Reduce CV-22 Osprey Maintenance
The Raytheon Company is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed to help determine when the multi-mode radar installed on U.S. Air Force CV-22 tiltrotor...
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BAE Systems Will Supply Flight Control and Target Identification Systems for Boeing’s Carrier-Based MQ-25
BAE Systems plc is the latest to join the Boeing Company’s MQ-25 Stingray team. At the 2019 International Paris Air Show, BAE...
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Lockheed Martin Announces Latest Hypersonic Progress at Le Bourget
Lockheed Martin Corporation successfully flight tested the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The captive...
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The Rodney Dangerfield of Automated-Driving Sensors?
The emerging era of highly-automated driving comes courtesy of much-vaunted sensor technology—spinning lasers, penetrating radar and sonar blips. But the sensor that gets the least...
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Gaming Tech Helps Apache Maintainers Reduce Training Time
Lockheed Martin Corporation has released the latest version of RELY3D, its advanced visualization and training tool for sensor system maintainers working on the Boeing AH-64 Apache...
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Can the Air Force Reach a 24-Hour Launch Window?
Launching rockets with 24-hour notice is one of the U.S. Air Force’s latest goals. In a “sources sought” notice titled Rapid Space Launch Initiative, the service is reaching out to...
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Aerospace Composites Experts Will Meet in Wichita This Month, Focusing on Validating Repairs Techniques
The amount of composite material in modern aircraft is staggering – nearly half of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s airframe is made up of...
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SAE Course Delivers an Introduction to the Latest Aviation Cybersecurity Essentials
As of 2019, the only acceptable mean of compliance (AMC) for U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency aviation...
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