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XTI Aircraft opens shareholder funding window for TriFan 600
// Flight Global HEADLINES
US start-up XTI Aircraft has opened a 30-day window for investors looking to secure a stake in its TriFan 600 vertical take-off and landing business aircraft.
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Full-scale production of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas to begin in 2017
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced plans to commence full-scale production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in 2017.
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Scientists and FAA testing a concrete way to clear snow
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Anyone who's dealing with the current snowstorm in the US will know that clearing snow is hard work and futile if there's another dump. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Chris Tuan may have put an end to the need to shovel snow, however. His conductive concrete simply melts any snow that lands.
.. Continue Reading Scientists and FAA testing a concrete way to clear snow
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Along with the usual flying drones, there are also models that can move along the surface of the water like boats, that can explore underwater like submarines, or that can even both fly and float. As is the case with its feathered namesake, however, Oakland University's Loon Copter can fly, land on the water to see what's under the surface, and then dive down to check out what it sees.
.. Continue Reading Loon Copter drone flies, floats and dives underwaterOne of the advantages of bread loaf-sized nanosatellites is their potential to act as a swarm that can equal the power of a single larger satellite, but with more flexibility and at lower cost. Deep Space Industries has taken a major step in that direction in a successful test involving two autonomous Canadian satellites, which carried out the first orbital maneuver without human supervision.
.. Continue Reading Goodbye ground control: Nanosatellites achieve first autonomous orbital maneuverDevelopment of the Block 3F version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) cannot be completed on the current schedule—by July 31, 2017—without shortcuts that risk failure in the initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) program, according to Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon's director of OT&E (DOT&E). Block 3F is the culmination of the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase and conforms to the requirements set at the start of the program.
A Dec. 11 memorandum from Gilmore to Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and Gen. Paul Selva, vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also warns that the program is risking trouble by attempting to define Block 4, the first post-service-entry upgrade, early this year, when Block 3F and its predecessor, Block 3i, are still "problematic" and performing poorly in testing.
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http://aviationweek.com/defense/testing-chief-warns-jsf-software-delays