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BAE Systems to supply 22 Hawk AJT aircraft to Saudi Arabia
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases
BAE Systems has signed a contract with the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply further Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) aircraft for an undisclosed sum.
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Cygnus spacecraft takes out the trash
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
The Orbital Sciences/ATK Cygnus CRS-4 mission came to an end today as NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra used one of the International Space Station's (ISS) robotic arms to release the spacecraft from its docking port. Filled with rubbish, the unmanned cargo ship left the station at 7:26 am EST. After a controlled re-entry maneuver monitored by mission control in Houston, it is scheduled to burn up over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday morning.
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A new video shows a cockpit view of a Nasa pilot refuelling his F-15D fighter plane while mid-flight. Why does the space agency have a fleet of fighter planes? They call them 'chase planes'. They're a fleet of fighter aircraft of the type usually operated by the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corp...
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In a city of skyscrapers built on oil and gold, inventors have been competing for a million-dollar prize to build the next generation of drones – but there's much more to this unusual contest than first appears. Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is ju...
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As we wander through duty-free on the way to our planes, a vast network is ensuring our bags travel with us. BBC Future investigates. Few of us give much thought to what happens to our bags once we drop them off at the airport. We tend to be more concerned about our hand luggage (will they confis...
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Today Virgin Galactic is unveiling SpaceShipTwo, its latest shuttle designed to bring (wealthy) tourists on sub-orbital space flights.The post With SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's Back in the Space Game appeared first on WIRED.
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Virgin Galactic said passengers will experience the "unique thrills of spaceflight, enjoying the opportunity to leave seats to float in zero gravity for several minutes". Tickets aboard Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShip Two will set customers back nearly £100 a second. Set to be unveiled later toda...
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We've already seen more than one micro air vehicle (MAV) that mimics the flapping-wing flight of bats. Scientists at the University of Southampton, however, recently announced something a little more subtle, but perhaps with wider applications. They've developed a bat-inspired membrane for use in MAV wings, that changes shape in order to improve its performance.
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