Rolls-Royce Invests In Ceramic Composites

Following the debut of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) on CFM's LEAP engine, other manufacturers are boosting research into the new material.

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http://aviationweek.com/mro/rolls-royce-invests-ceramic-composites

Sikorsky touts CH-53K as potential FVL-Heavy offering to US Army - IHS Jane's 360

http://www.janes.com/article/65427/sikorsky-touts-ch-53k-as-potential-fvl-heavy-offering-to-us-army

IHS Jane's 360

Sikorsky touts CH-53K as potential FVL-Heavy offering to US Army
IHS Jane's 360
"One interesting 'downstream' opportunity is for the US Army's FVL-Heavy requirement that will follow the FVL-Medium [now being developed by Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell Helicopter under the Joint MultiRole-Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) effort]," Torok ...

For China's twin-aisle dream jet, runway stretches out to the horizon - The Seattle Times

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/for-chinas-twin-aisle-dream-jet-runway-stretches-out-to-the-horizon/


The Seattle Times

For China's twin-aisle dream jet, runway stretches out to the horizon
The Seattle Times
Fresh from firming up the first orders for its short-haul C919at last week's Zhuhai Air Show, China's state-owned aircraft manufacturer is setting its sights on a more glittering horizon: a twin-aisle, long-haul plane to take on the Airbus A350 and ...

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Lockheed Martin offers glimpse of unmanned futureLockheed Martin offers glimpse of unmanned future - AOPA Pilot

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2016/november/10/full-scale-helicopters-flown-from-afar

AOPA Pilot

Lockheed Martin offers glimpse of unmannedfutureLockheed Martin offers glimpse ofunmanned future
AOPA Pilot
8 through 10. Organized by the Air Traffic Control Association, the event drew representatives of nearly every major participant in the ongoing research developing technology to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft. Unmanned aircraft ...

3 Drone Delivery Startups Using Flying Drones - Nanalyze

http://www.nanalyze.com/2016/11/drone-delivery-startups/


Nanalyze

Drone Delivery Startups Using Flying Drones
Nanalyze
Drone delivery is one application of drones that's already happening in niche applications, but it remains to be seen if drones buzzing around dropping off packages will become as ubiquitous as smartphones are these days. Right now the consumerdrone ...

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Photo : Essais de ravitaillement entre deux A400M - Le Journal de l'Aviation

http://www.journal-aviation.com/actualites/34899-photo-ravitaillement-entre-deux-a400m


Le Journal de l'Aviation

Photo : Essais de ravitaillement entre deux A400M
Le Journal de l'Aviation
... de 63 500 litres de carburant, avec la possibilité d'y adjoindre deux réservoirs supplémentaires de 7 200 litres chacun. Des essais ont d'ores et déjà été réalisés avec des F/A-18, mais aussi avec des A330 MRTT, VC10 et C-160 en tant que ravitailleurs.

GeoTiffs and Drone Mapping Data: A Unique Solution for Agriculture - Commercial UAV News

http://www.expouav.com/news/latest/geotiffs-drone-mapping-data-unique-solution-agriculture/


Commercial UAV News

GeoTiffs and Drone Mapping Data: A Unique Solution for Agriculture
Commercial UAV News
DroneDeploy and SLANTRANGE demonstrated at the Commercial UAV Expo, how the new "GeoTIFF Upload" feature allows complete SLANTRANGE maps to be directly uploaded to a user's DroneDeploy account. The "marriage" between SLANTRANGE ...

Chinese Heavily armed CASC CH-5 UAV makes public debut - IHS Jane's 360

http://www.janes.com/article/65330/heavily-armed-casc-ch-5-uav-makes-public-debut

Heavily armed CASC CH-5 UAV makes public debut
IHS Jane's 360
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) used Airshow China 2016, held in Zhuhai from 1-6 November, to show a prototype of its Cai Hong 5 (Rainbow 5, or CH-5) strike-capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the public for the first ...

Verizon Takes Drones Beyond the “traditional” Industries - Commercial UAV News

http://www.expouav.com/news/latest/verizon-takes-drones-beyond-traditional-industries/


Commercial UAV News

Verizon Takes Drones Beyond the "traditional" Industries
Commercial UAV News
Small unmanned aircraftsystems (sUAS) were used to conduct cell site inspections in the Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The aerial footage allowed rapid assessment of any damage to cell sites that were inaccessible by land due to the flood ...

AVIC's turbojet-powered Cloud Shadow UAV emerges - IHS Jane's 360

http://www.janes.com/article/65345/avic-s-turbojet-powered-cloud-shadow-uav-emerges


IHS Jane's 360

AVIC's turbojet-powered Cloud Shadow UAVemerges
IHS Jane's 360
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the Cloud Shadow, a turbojet-powered, medium/high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Airshow China 2016 exposition, which was held in the southern city of Zhuhai ...

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CFM prepares for ‘scary’ production ramp-up on LEAP program

CFM will produce about 100 LEAP engines this year. But with the LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX entering service next year, and LEAP-1A-powered Airbus A320neos already in service, more than 500 LEAP engines are expected to be produced in 2017. That number will more than double to about 1,100 LEAP engines in 2018.



Meet Raytheon’s Drone-Destroying Microwave-Energy Weapon



here is no shortage of innovative ways to shoot down drones. Some companies are pitching lasers, others prefer radio-frequency disruption or, if you prefer explosions, the U.S. Army has tested Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and fired course-corrected projectiles with forward-blast fragmentation warheads from a 50-mm Bushmaster cannon. But could a whole swarm be destroyed electronically with a 1-millisec. zap?

The answer may lie with the Phaser system, designed and developed by Raytheon’s Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Ktech group, the same team that worked with Boeing to produce the “CHAMP” counter-electronics cruise missile for the Air Force.

Will 777X And A350 Stretch Into Very-High-Capacity Territory?

If the plans come to fruition, the aircraft could grow to well beyond 400 seats in some of the more dense airline configurations. The fact that such an initiative is being considered shows how far twin widebodies are advancing into the ultra-high-capacity markets that have previously been the exclusive territory of four-engine aircraft such as the Boeing 747and Airbus A380.