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Bird-deterring drones and game consoles inspire the future of flight
// Drone News Forums Pictures Sales
France: Student ideas in final race for €30,000 Airbus biennial Fly Your Ideas competition prize …
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Drone use could soon become common practice for 40% of businesses
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In fewer than five years, the use of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles – UAVs) could …
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Airbus talking to SAAF on A400M, A330MRTT and C295 - defenceWeb
// A330 mrtt: Google Noticias
Airbus talking to SAAF on A400M, A330MRTT and C295
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"The A330 MRTT's enormous fuel capacity (111 tonnes) allows it to meet all of South Africa's air transport and air-to-air refuelling demands without the installation of additional fuel tanks," according to Ian Elliott, Airbus Defence and Space head of ...
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A400M Accident: Update Number 2
// Revista de prensa aeronáutica: Feed de feeds de Revistas Aeronáuticas | recopiladas por www.noticias-aero.info
Following the accident to an Airbus A400M on Saturday 9 May, Airbus Defence and Space technical advisors are providing full assistance to the official committee that is in charge of the investigation. The investigating authority is the Spanish Ministry of […]
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'Cicadas': US military's new swarm of mini-drones
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Washington (AFP) May 16, 2015
US military scientists have invented a miniature drone that fits in the palm of a hand, ready to be dropped from the sky like a mobile phone with wings. The "micro air vehicle" is named after the insect that inspired its invention, the Cicada, which spends years underground before appearing in great swarms, reproducing and then dropping to the ground dead. "The idea was why can't we make
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OPINION: Airbus hit hard by A400M tragedy
// Military news
Disaster struck the A400M programme on 9 May, when an aircraft due to be delivered to the Turkish air force in June crashed shortly after starting its first flight from Airbus's final assembly site in Seville. Four of the six flight-test personnel on board the military transport tragically lost
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Europe's MALE 2020 two-year definition phase kicks off
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The French, German and Italian governments have signed a declaration of intent (DoI) to carry out a definition study on a future European medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle.
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BBJ models could extend 747-8, 737NG run, Boeing says
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Boeing could continue producing business jet versions of the 747-8 and the 737NG for several more years, says the newly-appointed head of Boeing Business Jets (BBJ).
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EBACE: HondaJet flies in for European tour debut
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Honda Aircraft's HondaJet is making its European debut at EBACE as the first point of a two-week demonstration tour of the continent. The light twin is an early production aircraft featuring the signature HondaJet paint scheme in red and silver.
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Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II approved for production, deployment
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The Pentagon has given Milestone C approval to Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II programme, moving the tri-mode seeker weapon to production and deployment with the US Air Force on the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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