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Bee-like vertical landing electric aircraft showcases super propulsion system
Austrian aviation company CycloTech is preparing to test a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft demonstrator featuring its innovative “CycloRotor” propulsion system. The company ...
Skunk Works Tests See AI-Enabled L-29 Jets Fly Mock Air-To-Air Mission On Orders From Aerial Controller
A human controller flying in an L-39 Albatros jet ordered a pair of L-29 Delfin jets with artificial intelligence (AI) driven ...
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I Learned to Fly an Electric Aircraft in 3 Days. It Blew My Mind
"It's actually incredibly hard to do something that's going to give you a bad outcome in one of these aircraft," says Pivotal ...
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GE Aerospace demos 1MW hybrid electric propulsion system for US Army’s air, land fleet
GE Aerospace has demonstrated a 1-megawatt hybrid electric propulsion system under the $5.1M ARC-STEP contract with the US ...
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Lockheed uses L-39 and two L-29s to test air-to-air combat with autonomous fighters
In a series of flight tests, Lockheed Martin's secretive Skunk Works unit simulated an offensive counter air mission where an ...
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Northrop Grumman Delivers First SiAW Test Missile to the U.S. Air Force
The delivery of the first test missile to the Air Force marks the beginning of flight testing to verify the safe interaction ...
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Where did 'pound-for-pound' come from anyway? Tracing the origins of combat's most controversial debate
Achieving the status of being pound-for-pound No. 1 has become the True North by which generations ... and powered by cannon ...
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet sets new speed record during 7th test flight
During the Nov. 5 test flight, which lasted 55 minutes, XB-1 reached an altitude of 23,015 feet (7,015 meters) and a new top speed of 629 mph (1,012 kph). This means the aircraft reached Mach 0.82, ...
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1st Aircraft for Bahrain Airshow 2024 Arrives at Sakhir Base
This landing signals the start of an exciting lead-up to the event, set for November 13-15. Additional aircraft and support teams are expected to arrive shortly, with engineering teams conducting ...
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From A-1 to Z-4: How The US Military Tri-Service Aircraft Designation System Works
You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. The status prefix is an optional letter designation that is used on certain aircraft depending on the status of the aircraft. The most common ...
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Pentagon bolsters the US presence in the Middle East with bombers, fighter aircraft and warships
(AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending bomber aircraft, fighter jets and more Navy ...