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Sep 07, 2015
Portable laser downs UAV; tethered drones tested; Russia’s advanced concepts; photonic fuel gauging; Sony’s first unmanned aircraft; ScanEagle fights wildfires; Italy demos UAV ATC.
Sep 07, 2015
The company behind the Meteor air-to-air missile’s throttleable ducted ram-rocket propulsion, Germany’s Bayern-Chemie, says a feasibility study shows the technology could power a Mach 5-plus lower-tier ballistic-missile interceptor.
Sep 04, 2015
Its next X-plane may still be on the drawing board, but NASA is already learning the challenges it will face building and testing the aircraft, which will demonstrate distributed electric propulsion.
Sep 04, 2015
“Boom room” at Langley Research Center plays a key role in sustaining supersonic research while NASA pursues funds for a low-boom flight demonstrator.
Sep 04, 2015
Real-time display of shock wave location on the ground will help future commercial supersonic pilots minimize sonic boom impact.
Sep 04, 2015
Commercial aviation is justifiably proud of its achievement in driving down fuel burn since the dawn of the jet age, but has it done all that it could?
Sep 04, 2015
Air-to-air photography and an image-processing technique that shows shock waves of a supersonic aircraft in flight will help validate design tools for low-boom demonstrator.