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Sep 23, 2016
Double-bubble D8, Blended Wing Body, Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, Hybrid Wing Body and a small-airliner-size BWB – the configurations NASA is considering for planned ultra-efficient subsonic transport demonstrators.
Sep 22, 2016
As NASA widens its search for ultra-efficient X-plane demonstrators, little-known design house Dzyne Technologies unveils its proposal for a blended wing-body business jet and small airliner.
Sep 21, 2016
Reaction Engines is firming up plans to build a fighter engine-size ground demonstrator of its reusable hypersonic propulsion system.
Sep 21, 2016
United Launch Alliance is taking the first steps along an alternate path involving recovery of only the first-stage engines.
Sep 20, 2016
Risk of injury from drones falling on people’s heads appears to be less than expected, but a small UAS hitting an aircraft will not be the same as a birdstrike, initial research indicates.
Sep 19, 2016
Israel’s ducted-rotor cargo UAS; distributed flaps improve efficiency; submarine-launched drone tested; Prodrone’s grasping, clinging UAS; DARPA’s counter-UAS Dragnet.
Sep 19, 2016
The Air Force Research Laboratory has released a new video explaining the technology behind Auto-GCAS, and detailed multiple saves by the system.
Sep 16, 2016
Eric Dautriat has retired as executive director of Clean Sky after seven years leading Europe’s major public-private partnership for civil aeronautics research.