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NASA proposes X-plane revival with supersonic, subsonic designs
// Flight Global HEADLINES
NASA plans a return to a decades-old tradition of developing and flying experimental aircraft projects, or X-planes , in order to achieve new breakthroughs in supersonic and subsonic aeronautics research under the Fiscal 2017 budget proposal submitted to Congress on 9 February.
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TAI to offer T129 for Poland's Combat Helicopter Procurement Programme
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Turkey's centre of excellence in defence and aerospace industries, and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) are planning to extend cooperation for the Kruk Combat Helicopter Procurement Programme of the Armament Inspecto…
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North Korea launches long-range rocket amidst international censure
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has launched a long-range rocket that is claimed to be carrying an earth observation satellite, amidst international criticism.
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USAF doubles remotely piloted aircraft pilot ranks
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
The US Air Force's (USAF) 558th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) has revealed plans to double the remotely piloted aircraft pilot ranks.
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January's top stories: Indonesia, KAI to develop KF-X jets, India-France Rafale deal
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
Indonesia agrees to jointly develop Korea's domestic fighter jets, France and India finalise the Rafale deal, and Iraq requests US to supply weapons worth $2bn for F-16 aircraft. Airforce-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from January 2016.
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India's Tejas aircraft conducts first test firing of Derby BVRAAM missile
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
India's light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has reportedly conducted the first test firing of a beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), Derby, in Jamnagar, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat.
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Schiebel Camcopter S-100 completes tests with NLR's detect and avoid system
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
Schiebel has successfully completed a series of flight tests of the newly developed airborne detect and avoid system onboard its Camcopter S-100 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), at the airport of Den Helder in the Netherlands.
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Elon Musk May Be Close To An 'Electric Jet'
// Aero-News Network
Says He Has Been Mulling The Idea For Years Well, we can scratch this one off our April 1 story idea list. It seems Elon Musk has some plans in the works to develop a VTOL electric jet.
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Man Arrested After UAV Impacts Empire State Building
// Aero-News Network
Struck The Building At The 40th Floor, Landed On The 35th A New Jersey man who tweeted that he was using his UAV to take images of the Empire State Building in New York City has been arrested after the aircraft crashed into the side of the iconic structure.
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China's experimental fusion reactor maintains superheated hydrogen plasma for 102 seconds
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
A bit of friendly competition never hurt anyone. China's EAST tokamak and Germany's Wendelstein 7-X aren't exactly fusion energy's answer to Messi and Ronaldo, but through their own flashes of individual brilliance the reactors might one day command the world's attention in a much more important way. Wendelstein 7-X made headlines last week after generating a quarter-of-a-second pulse of hydrogen plasma, and now scientists at China's Institute of Physical Science have flexed their fusion muscle to sustain the gas for an impressive 102 seconds.
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Parrot's multispectral crop monitoring sensor can be retrofitted to existing drones
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Drones have certainly emerged as promising tool in agriculture, with several groups including MIT and DJI announcing crop-monitoring unmanned aircraft inside the last year. But what if you've already got a perfectly good drone capable of taking long, automated flights over your farmland? Parrot has just announced a sensor attachment that can be slapped on old drones to take infrared pictures and help farmers work out the areas in need of attention.
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