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Lockheed Martin Flies FireHerc Firefighting Variant of C-130J Turboprop in Farnborough
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (NYSE:LMT) in Marietta, Ga., is bringing its popular four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft to the fire fight...
News Data Acquisition
Martin UAV VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Taps Persistent Systems Wave Relay Data Link Technology
Engineers at Martin UAV LLC in Rohnert Park, Calif., will incorporate Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology from Persistent Systems LLC in...
News Data Acquisition
GE Aviation, Teradata Partner on Data Analytics, Edge Connectivity for Airlines
Officials at GE Aviation in Evandale, Ohio, and Teradata (NYSE:TDC) in Dayton, Ohio, are expanding their partnership to provide airlines with a framework that...
News Electronics & Computers
GE Aviation Chooses Microsoft Azure to Help Drive Digital Transformation in Aviation
GE Aviation Digital Solutions engineers in Evandale, Ohio, are scaling the company’s analytics and operations solutions on Microsoft Azure, selected as the...
News Connectivity
Aircraft, Engine Orders Reach $98B, Focus on Flying Farther, Faster, Greener at Farnborough Airshow
Aircraft orders exceed $95 billion in value and are complemented by roughly $3 billion in aircraft engine and engine service agreement...
News Power
Future of British Air Power: The Next-Gen Tempest
Today marked the debut of the United Kingdom’s new, next-generation fighter jet concept model dubbed the “Tempest.” The unveiling was coordinated with the launch of the U.K.’s...
News Defense
U.K. Space Agency Partners with Industry to Advance Spaceflight Program
U.K. Space Agency officials in Swindon, England, are partnering with Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) in Bethesda, Md., to execute several strategic projects to support the...
News Manned Systems
Boeing KC-46 Program Completes Flight Testing Required for First Delivery to U.S. Air Force
Boeing and U.S Air Force teams recently achieved a major KC-46 Pegasus tanker program milestone, completing all flight testing required for first...
INSIDER Materials
Warhead Life-Extension Program Passes Key Milestone
The program to extend the life of the W80 nuclear warhead recently achieved a significant milestone when the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) gave passing grades to the...
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
AgilePod Flies on U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper
In March 2018, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Sensors Program Office, working jointly with the AFLCMC Medium Altitude Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office, sponsored three...
INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Army Researchers Teach Robots to be Better Teammates for Soldiers
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Research Laboratory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University developed a new...
INSIDER Aerospace
Heavy Ground Testing Puts Airbus’ BelugaXL On Track for First Flight
In preparation for its upcoming maiden flight, Airbus’ first BelugaXL is now in its heavy ground test phase – which focuses on the highly modified airframe for this...
INSIDER Defense
Researchers Push Limits in High-Temp, Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are “turning up the heat” in the field of polymer additive manufacturing....
News Manned Systems
Opener Unveils Zero-Emission, All-Electric Personal Aerial Vehicle
This week, Opener, Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of consumer aero vehicles, debuted their zero-emission BlackFly prototype – and the latest foray into the...
INSIDER Aerospace
Superstrong Al Alloys May Change Aerospace Manufacturing Processes
Purdue University researchers have developed a superstrong material that may change some manufacturing processes for the aerospace and automobile industries.
News Automotive
Persistent Systems Auto-Tracking Antenna Adds Aircraft to Network, Enhances Data Sharing
The Auto-Tracking Antenna System, a new portable, ground-to-air antenna from Persistent Systems LLC in New York, incorporates aircraft into the Wave...
News Weapons Systems
General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian Lands at RAF Fairford, Makes History
A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), or drone, produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) made history as it landed at the Royal Air Force (RAF)...
News Aerospace
GA-ASI Maximizes Fuel Capacity for MQ-25 Entry
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) of Poway, Calif. is using an integrated fuel tank structure to maximize fuel offload for the company’s proposed MQ-25 design for the U.S....
News Design
Connected Aircraft Technologies Benefit Manufacturers, Airlines, and Travelers
Connected aircraft means more than just in-flight movies, free texting, and Facebook posting with friends while in flight. In fact, the connected aircraft...
News Propulsion
NASA and AeroVironment Are Building a Helicopter for Mars
Last week, AeroVironment, Inc. of Monrovia, Calif. revealed its critical role in collaborating with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. to build the “Mars...
News Test & Measurement
ISS Launches Largest Satellite to Date to Test Active Debris Removal
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have launched RemoveDEBRIS, the first satellite with space debris-removal capabilities and the largest satellite ever...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
SAE International Issues, Revises Technical Reports for Aerospace Engineering
Standards development teams at SAE International in Warrendale, Pa., have issued 11 new technical documents and revised or reaffirmed another 54 technical reports...
INSIDER Aerospace
Laser-Made Parts Could Transform Aircraft Industry
Researchers are manufacturing steel and titanium aircraft parts using laser metal deposition technology. It can be used to 3D-print parts from scratch or to fix existing parts with a bond...
News Energy
JAXA Establishes New Aircraft Electrification Consortium
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Electrification Challenge for Aircraft (ECLAIR) consortium in collaboration with IHI Corporation; Kawasaki Heavy...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA UAV Flies Alone in Public Airspace
NASA’s remotely piloted Ikhana aircraft successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on Tuesday. Flying these large remotely piloted aircraft...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Boeing Debuts First Hypersonic Passenger Aircraft Concept
Officials and engineers at Boeing in Seattle are offering a glimpse into their vision for hypersonic air travel. They have released, for the first time, images of one of the...
News Design
First Airbus BelugaXL Oversize Cargo Airlifter Emerges from Paint Shop with Employee-Selected, Whale-Inspired Livery
The first BelugaXL transport aircraft from Airbus has rolled out of the paint shop, unveiling a special livery emulating a...
News Defense
General Atomics Plans First Trans-Atlantic Flight of Medium-Altitude, Long-Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in San Diego plans to make the first-ever, trans-Atlantic flight of a...
News Aerospace
AI Closes the Loop for Composites Manufacturing
Composite manufacturing, although state of the art in terms of product performance, remains something of a craft in terms of manufacturing. Even when processes are physically automated, highly...
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