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US shoots down Chinese spy balloon over 'unacceptable' violation
Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)
The craft spent several days flying over North America, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Beijing, before it was targeted with a missile shot from a...
US says second Chinese 'spy balloon' over Latin America
Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)
The Pentagon said the first balloon was now heading eastwards over the central United States, adding it was not being shot down for safety reasons. Later Friday...
Pentagon says tracking Chinese spy balloon over US
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
After President Joe Biden requested military options, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and top military officials considered shooting the balloon down, a senior d...
DARPA Selects Performer Teams for Liberty Lifter X-Plane Program
Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)
The planned Liberty Lifter demonstrator will be a large flying boat similar in size and capacity to the C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. Goals include t...
NASA's X-57 Maxwell is Major Step Closer to Flight Readiness
Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)
Thermal testing is important because it validates the design, operability, and workmanship quality of the controllers - critical components for providing power ...
NASA is creating an Advanced Air Mobility Playbook
Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)
The FAA must ensure the safety of new types of aircraft before they can fly in the airspace. NASA is evaluating how advanced automation systems and improved veh...
Canada says 'potential second incident' linked to spy balloon
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
"A high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected and its movements are being actively tracked," Canada's defense department said in a statement. "Canadians ar...
Giving Ukraine jets would need 'months if not years' of training: UK PM
Feb 02, 2023 (AFP)
In a pre-recorded television interview to mark his first 100 days as leader, Sunak told TalkTV's Piers Morgan Uncensored the UK was "always talking to the Ukrai...
Greek air force says second pilot dead after crash
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
"The search and rescue operations are concluded," the air force said in a statement, adding that an analysis of recovered debris had "confirmed the death" of th...
After tanks, Ukraine allies under pressure to send warplanes
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
While the United States has for now ruled that out, a few European nations appear more open to the idea. US President Joe Biden on Monday appeared to draw the l...
Aerodynamics and the art of aircraft design
Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) combines applied mathematics, physics and high-performance computing. It is used to understand how air moves over complex sha...
Pyka unveils world's largest autonomous electric cargo airplane
Jan 31, 2023 (SPX)
With a range of up to 200 miles, a payload of up to 400 pounds in 66 cubic feet of cargo volume and a nose-loading configuration with a sliding cargo tray, the ...
Poland not in talks to send F-16s to Ukraine
Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)
"There are no official discussions on transferring F-16s at the moment," Poland's Wojciech Skurkiewicz told AFP. Poland currently has 48 American-made F-16 warp...
Two Indian military jets crash, one pilot killed
Jan 28, 2023 (AFP)
The crash is the latest in a string of military aircraft accidents at a time when the government is trying to modernise its armed forces and meet India's comple...
Electra Strategic to develop full-scale pre-production eSTOL aircraft for USAF
Jan 27, 2023 (SPX)
Designed for operations from soccer field-sized spaces, Electra's eSTOL represents a new class of aircraft, characterized by helicopter-like operational flexibi...
Driving mobility into the third dimension
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
Airbus has announced the selection of Eaton and Crouzet to provide the EPDS and the human-machine interface of CityAirbus NextGen, respectively. The providers' ...
NASA goes live with surrogate eVTOL flight tests in Texas
Jan 25, 2023 (SPX)
It might have looked like a normal flight during its buzz over the trees, but for a team of NASA-led researchers, the helicopter was standing in for a next-gene...
Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing
Jan 25, 2023 (AFP)
During a training, the military's SF260 Marchetti plane plummeted onto a rice paddy in Pilar town near Manila, killing the pilot and another aviator, Bataan pro...
The future of the F-35 with an engine upgrade and better cooling
Jan 20, 2023 (SPX)
Since the fighter jet first took flight, the amount of cooling needed to control waste heat from its many electronic systems has doubled. And that demand will c...
NASA issues award for greener, more fuel-efficient airliner of future
Jan 19, 2023 (SPX)
Under a Funded Space Act Agreement, Boeing will work with NASA to build, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft and validate technologies aimed at low...
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