Aviation

New Solar Powered Drones Will Remain Airborne For Years

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) popularly known as drone is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. The flight of a drone is controlled either autonomously by computers on-board or the remote control. Mostly these…

Full Article →

Electric Space Sail To Get Its First Test

One hundred percent of the energy needed to power the international space station (ISS) is provided by solar power. Because the station is so large and has been built in many locations around the world…

Full Article →

Boeing Technology Transfer Negotiations With Brazil On 737 Jet Deal Spur Debate

In 1990 I visited Shenzen, China, which just a decade earlier had been a small farming village of 10,000 people but had been designated a “special economic zone” that quickly reached a population of over…

Full Article →

Airbus Planning To 3D Print Plane’s Vital Components

The recent TED Global Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland was, as per usual, an interesting affair but one of the most eye catching displays was the unveiling of a daring new plane to be designed…

Full Article →

SpaceX Pushing The Limits For Private Space Exploration

The year 2013 has been one for the history books as regards Elon Musk, SpaceX and its new partners. In March SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft docked with the international space station, ferried to it by a…

Full Article →

New Laser Turbulence Detection Will Make For Smoother Flights

Scientists across Europe have teamed up under the DELICAT (Demonstration of Lidar based Clear Air Turbulence) project to develop a new laser scanner for aircraft that will assist pilots in avoiding atmospheric turbulence. The LIDAR…

Full Article →

US Military To Fund Development Of Vehicle-Mounted, Drone-Shooting Lasers

Scientists and engineers have been finding ways to trap light and lasers and direct them for years using a variety of methods such as mirrors, reflective surfaces and high-tech materials like photonic crystals. The “Ground-Based…

Full Article →

Hypersonic SpaceLiner to Fly Passengers Between New York And Tokyo In 90 Minutes

Civilian Supersonic Transport (SST) planes that fly at speeds greater than the speed of sound, include the Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. Since the Concorde’s last commercial flight in October, 2003 there are no remaining…

Full Article →

Honeywell’s $37 Million Project For The New Airbus Assembly Line

Honeywell have been awarded the contract for a $37 million project to build and continually service a new power facility for the assembly line of Airbus aircraft. The site is based in Mobile, Alabama and…

Full Article →

Reconstructing The Columbia Space Shuttle After Explosion

Challenger Disaster, 1986 I was working on the floor of the American Stock Exchange on January 28, 1986, the day Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just after launch, killing all seven crew members on board.…

Full Article →

Page 96 of 100« First ‹ Previous 93 94 959697 98 99 Next ›Last »

Aviation

New Solar Powered Drones Will Remain Airborne For Years

Electric Space Sail To Get Its First Test

Boeing Technology Transfer Negotiations With Brazil On 737 Jet Deal Spur Debate

Airbus Planning To 3D Print Plane’s Vital Components

SpaceX Pushing The Limits For Private Space Exploration

New Laser Turbulence Detection Will Make For Smoother Flights

US Military To Fund Development Of Vehicle-Mounted, Drone-Shooting Lasers

Hypersonic SpaceLiner to Fly Passengers Between New York And Tokyo In 90 Minutes

Honeywell’s $37 Million Project For The New Airbus Assembly Line

Reconstructing The Columbia Space Shuttle After Explosion

Get Industry Tap News

Connect

Advertisement

Featured

Advertisement