viernes, 4 de marzo de 2016

Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown: Britain’s most incredible test pilot

He flew more aircraft than anyone else in history – and was the first man to land a jet on an aircraft carrier. BBC Future selects some standout moments in the career of Eric 'Winkle' Brown. His fellow fliers called Eric Brown "Winkle"; apparently this was because he was so short. There wasn't an...

http://flip.it/u-r-J

Enviado a través de Flipboard, tu revista personal.
Consíguela gratis para mantenerte al día con las noticias que te interesan.

China's Quantum Satellite Could Change Cryptography Forever

QUESS could hold the key to uncrackable communications In the age of relentless cyberattacks and global electronic surveillance, nations and citizens are looking for any means to secure their communications. China is poised to launch a project that may provide the path to an uncrackable communica...

http://flip.it/psuvJ

Enviado a través de Flipboard, tu revista personal.
Consíguela gratis para mantenerte al día con las noticias que te interesan.

DARPA awards VTOL X-Plane Phase II contract to Aurora [feedly]

----
DARPA awards VTOL X-Plane Phase II contract to Aurora
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Phase II contract for the vertical take-off and landing experimental aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) to Aurora Flight Sciences.
----

Shared via my feedly reader

XTi extends TriFan 600 funding window [feedly]

XTi extends TriFan 600 funding window
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/xti-extends-trifan-600-funding-window-422644/

US start-up XTi Aircraft has extended by a month the window for crowdfunding stakeholders to invest in its TriFan 600 vertical take-off and landing business aircraft, and says it will establish an over-the-counter secondary market to allow current and future shareholders to buy and sell XTi shares on the open market.