jueves, 14 de abril de 2016

USAF’s GSC Issues RFP for Jammin’ Drone Fighters | Pratt & Whitney Wins $1.4B Deal for F-35 Engines | Rafael Unveils New Drone Dome to Neutralize Malicious UAVs [feedly]

USAF deploys F-22 Raptors to RAF Lakenheath in UK [feedly]

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USAF deploys F-22 Raptors to RAF Lakenheath in UK
// Air Force Technology News Press Releases

The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed an undisclosed number of fifth-generation, multirole fighter F-22 Raptors to Royal Air Force (RAF) Base in Lakenheath, England, UK.
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Boeing Business Jets Grows Presence In China [feedly]

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Boeing Business Jets Grows Presence In China
// Aero-News Network

Three BBJ MAX Airplanes On Order From Customers In Greater China Boeing Business Jets' (BBJ) says its success in the Chinese market continues this year with 21 in-service airplanes and three BBJ MAXs currently on order.
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NASA begins testing electronic sail technology for deep space probes [feedly]

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NASA begins testing electronic sail technology for deep space probes
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

It took Voyager 1 over 30 years to reach interstellar space, but scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are testing a new technology that could cut that time by two thirds. The Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) or E-sail concept is a novel form of propellant-less propulsion that relies on a series of wires to catch the solar winds. The technology promises to reduce the travel time from Earth to the heliopause – about 123 AU (18 billion km, 11 billion mi) from the Sun – to under 10 years.

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Embraer delivers 21 commercial jets, 23 executive jets in Q1 - Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/embraer-orders-idUSE4N12E01M

Boeing, U.S. Army to Remanufacture 117 Apache Helicopters from D to E standard

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2014-04-14-Boeing-U-S-Army-to-Remanufacture-117-Apache-Helicopters

Drones Will Need Air Traffic Control, Stanford and NASA Will Build It - Inverse

https://www.inverse.com/article/13951-drones-will-need-air-traffic-control-stanford-and-nasa-will-build-it

USAF to integrate Litening pod onto Reaper UAV - IHS Jane's 360

http://www.janes.com/article/59513/usaf-to-integrate-litening-pod-onto-reaper-uav

Calm Skies Ahead: China Begins Testing of First Domestic C919 ... - Sputnik International

http://sputniknews.com/science/20160413/1037953731/china-testing-domestic-airliner.html

Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets flew 'simulated attacks' on US ... - International Business Times UK

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/two-russian-sukhoi-su-24-jets-flew-simulated-attacks-us-warship-uss-donald-cook-1554727

Hi Fly supplies A340 for commercial zero-gravity flights

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hi-fly-supplies-a340-for-commercial-zero-gravity-fli-424119/

Moon or Mars? Lockheed preps Orion for deep space adventure

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/moon-or-mars-lockheed-preps-orion-for-deep-space-ad-424203/

ULA and SpaceX on different paths toward rocket reuse

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ula-and-spacex-on-different-paths-toward-rocket-reus-424172/

Northrop backs XS-1 spaceplane to join satellite launch market

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/northrop-backs-xs-1-spaceplane-to-join-satellite-lau-424210/

Pistas de aterrizaje circulares

http://blog.sandglasspatrol.com/index.php/articulos/38-comercial/1609-pistas-de-aterrizaje-circulares