All articles by Rob Coppinger – Page 8
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Boeing prepares for lethal ScanEagle test
The first flight of Boeing's ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned air vehicle is planned for 24 August, with an air launch event to follow later...
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RAF officer hails performance of Reaper UAVs
The UK Royal Air Force's deployment of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator B/Reaper unmanned air vehicle has been a "success story", according...
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MBDA prepares supersonic gel fuel flight test
A flight test of gel fuelled propulsion is to be conducted by European missile company MBDA in October or November this year. Gel fuels have the storage...
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Engine exhaust driven rotorcraft wind tunnel tested
Wind tunnel testing of a one-fifth scale-model exhaust gas driven co-axial rotor helicopter called Sherpa has been carried out by a Belgian consortium. The...
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SpaceX orbits first commercial satellite
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 1 orbited its first commercial payload, the Malaysian Razaksat satellite,...
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ISS reaches 13 crew, Endeavour has two missions left
Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center last...
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NewsHas the countdown to Ariane 6 begun?
Flightglobal can now reveal details of the European Space Agency's decision timetable to replace its Ariane 5 rocket with its next generation launcher...
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Return to the Moon
The USA's lunar ambitions were surprisingly revived under George Bush, but will President Obama continue funding? Work for Constellation is continuing while the review is under way and the plan is still to reach the Moon by 2020
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NewsNASA drops Ares V from launch services contract
NASA has dropped the Ares V and Altair lunar lander from its ground launch services contract citing their distant in-service dates
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NASA tests alternate Orion abort system
NASA test-launched its Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) at 06:26 EDT (10:26 GMT) on 8...
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European Defence Agency approves two-year study into future heavylift helicopter
Two years from now recommendations for a future heavy transport helicopter will be presented to the member states of the European Defence Agency ...
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DARPA funds high-power satellite system demonstration
Full-scale system tests for a satellite high-power generation system (HPGS) is planned under a $13 million programme of work funded by the US Defense Advanced...
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Tyre modelling gets UK industry, academia focus
The Midlands Aerospace Alliance in the UK is funding modelling technology research to reduce the time...
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NewsSpaceShip Two rocket motor testing revealed
Virgin Galactic is testing a range of fuels for its SpaceShip Two rocket motor with an eye on "whole life issues"...
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Will son of Shuttle-C replace NASA's Ares?
NASA's Moon rockets of choice face oblivion under President Obama's first budget, so will a new spin on an old idea win...
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From Shuttle to HLV: a 30-year journey
The Space Shuttle-derived Heavy Lift Vehicle is the merely the latest concept that uses the Shuttle external tank and solid rocket boosters to orbit robotic...
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More WhiteKnight Two testing details after Oshkosh
Details of future WhiteKnight Two testing and an evaluation of its Pratt & Whitney Canada 308A engines should emerge after July's Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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NASA postpones testing of alternate Orion escape system
NASA has postponed indefinitely the launch of its 20,450kg (45,000lb) 10m (33ft)-tall Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) flight-test vehicle from its Wallops...
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NewsPICTURE: Prototype hybrid airship flies
A 15.2m-long prototype for a 95m airship has now been flown 22 times and its developer Hybrid Air Vehicles has submitted bids for US military contracts...