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MH370 search to end in June 2016
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The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in the southern Indian Ocean has covered over 80,000 square kilometres, and is likely wind up in June 2016 if the aircraft is not found.
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Saab commences work on Brazil's Gripen NG aircraft
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Saab has commenced work on the $5.4bn contract awarded by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) for the production of Gripen next generation (NG) aircraft.
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Is The End Of The 747 In Sight?
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Boeing Having Trouble Finding Buyers For The Original Jumbo Jet Boeing is continuing to struggle to find buyers for the 747, which has some analysts writing the obituary for the airplane.
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Airbus Defense And Space, Thales Alenia Space Win Satellite Contract
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Will Build Next-Generation French Military Communications Satellite Airbus Defense and Space, the world's second largest space company, has been awarded the contractorship by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) for one of two military satellites for the COMSAT NG secure telecommunications program. Airbus Defense and Space will also be co-responsible, together with Thales Alenia Space (lead contractor), for the entire space program.
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Scientists create world's first biologically powered computer chip
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The dream of melding biological and man-made machinery is now a little more real with the announcement that Columbia Engineering researchers have successfully harnessed a chemical energy-producing biological process to power a solid state CMOS integrated circuit.
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Section: Science
Tags: CircuitColumbia UniversityCyborg Related Articles: "Zoolophone" features custom-shaped keys that still produce the right notes Video camera could record indefinitely, powered only by light from the image it captures Graphene used to create world's thinnest light bulb Enzyme could make any type of donated blood safe for anyone to receive UBC green energy project gets government cash injection Peoples' immune systems can now be duplicated in mice
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South Korea selects Lockheed Martin for $1.5bn F-16 upgrade
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South Korea has selected Lockheed Martin for a KRW1.8tn ($1.5bn) project to upgrade the KF-16 fighter jets.
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Finmeccanica: Westland Not For Sale
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CEO Responds To Rumors Of Boeing Inquiry Responding to reports that Boeing made a bid for Wesland, the British arm of helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, Mauro Moretti, the CEO of Finmeccanica, said that it didn't happen.
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Egyptian probe claims no evidence yet for A321 bombing
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Egyptian investigators insist they have no evidence that an explosive device destroyed a Russian-operated Airbus A321 over Sinai with the loss of all on board.
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First plasma from Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor
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Testing of the Wendelstein 7-x stellarator has started with a bang, albeit a very very small one, with researchers switching on the experimental fusion reactor to produce its first helium plasma at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, Germany. After almost a decade of construction work and more than a million assembly hours, the first tests have gone according to plan with the researchers to shift focus to producing hydrogen plasma after the new year.
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Tags: EnergyMax Planck InstituteFusionNuclear Related Articles: Wendelstein 7-x stellarator puts new twist on nuclear fusion power ARC reactor design uses superconducting magnets to draw fusion power closer Can crowdfunding give us safe fusion power by 2020? New theory could help clear fusion power hurdle World's most powerful X-ray laser recreates conditions at the center of a star Sandia simulation suggests sunny skies for fusion reactors
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Elon Musk announces December 19 launch date for next Falcon 9 rocket
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SpaceX is heading back into orbit with founder and CEO Elon Musk announcing that a Falcon 9 rocket launch is scheduled for December 19. The improved version of the rocket is set to lift off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and will carry 11 Orbcomm OG-2 communication satellites into low Earth orbit. This marks the first flight of the Falcon 9 since the June 28 mid-air explosion of the CRS-7 mission shortly after launch.
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Tags: Elon MuskFalconSpaceXLaunch Related Articles: CRS-5 launches successfully, but booster landing fails DSCOVR launch successful, but Falcon 9 landing scrubbed DSCOVR launch delayed Falcon 9 launch of Orbcomm OG2 satellites aborted SpaceX launches improved Falcon 9 SpaceX Falcon 9 makes landing on drone barge ... then tips over
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Metal makes for a promising alternative to fossil fuels
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Clean fuels come in many forms, but burning iron or aluminum seems to be stretching the definition – unless you ask a team of scientists led by McGill University, who see a low-carbon future that runs on metal. The team is studying the combustion characteristics of metal powders to determine whether such powders could provide a cleaner, more viable alternative to fossil fuels than hydrogen, biofuels, or electric batteries.
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Tags: MetalsAlternative EnergyEnergyMcGill University Related Articles: Solar and wind technology delivers power and clean water to villagers in the West Bank Kepler Energy reveals plans for tidal energy scheme in Bristol Channel Azura wave energy system deployed in Hawaii "Fool's gold" nanocrystals present cheap, abundant alternative to lithium in batteries Portland to generate electricity within its own water pipes Global Warming Solutions plans hybrid solar plant
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US air force plans to double drone squadrons
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The US Air Force plans to double its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) squadrons, and increase the manning and associated workforce by 2,500-3,500.
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Airbus On Track To Beat Boeing For Sales In 2015
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Reports Many More Orders As Year Draws To A Close It looks like Airbus will beat Boeing for new airplane orders in 2015, and by a significant number. The blog ondair.net reports that Airbus has booked 850 firm orders for 2015 compared to 568 for Boeing.
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Hyperloop Technologies to start testing high-speed transport system next month
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The race to get us racing through near-vacuum tubes close to the speed of sound is heating up. Hyperloop Technologies, one of the startups looking to commercialize Elon Musk's futuristic transport concept, has announced plans to commence testing on an open-air track in Nevada next month, with a view to hitting speeds of 700 mph (1,126 km/h) by the end of 2016.
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Tags: Hyperloop Related Articles: California is getting a Hyperloop, but not where you think Development company for Hyperloop emerges from stealth mode Hyperloop design to be revealed next month SpaceX to build Hyperloop test track, host pod-building competition How does Elon Musk's Hyperloop work? A terminal fit for a Hyperloop?
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Zodiac Aerospace is exploring the opportunity of seating passengers underneath the main deck of commercial aircraft, in the area currently occupied by baggage and the occasional crew rest, catering trolley stowage, or downstairs lavatory area.
The interiors powerhouse has applied for a patent around a wide range of methods to enable lower deck seating on passenger aircraft, unearthed by Philip Robinson at the very useful AeroPatent.
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US running out of weapons against ISIL, says official
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The US Air Force (USAF) has attacked the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with more than 20,000 missiles and bombs since the air strikes began in 2014.
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Virgin Galactic has a new mothership for its small satellite launch service. "Cosmic Girl" is a 747- 400 commercial jet aircraft that once served with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Airlines and has now been seconded to act as the an aerial platform for sending small payloads into orbit using the LauncherOne orbital vehicle.
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