All United States articles – Page 181
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Boeing fields permanent APU fix for 787-8
Boeing has rolled out a permanent fix for a design problem in the 787-8's auxiliary power unit (APU) that flight test crews identified more than three years ago.
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Lockheed wins bulk of US laser guided bomb contract
Lockheed Martin on 11 November was awarded a $40.3 million contract to build Paveway II Plus laser guidance kits for US aerial bombs.
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DARPA seeks information on manned UAV mothership
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking information from industry on the existing technologies that would facilitate the deployment of small unmanned air vehicles from large manned aircraft.
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Morphing wings flight trials promise leap in efficiency – NASA
NASA morphing wing project aims for surge in aeroefficiency
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Opinion
OPINION: Virgin Galactic crash shows that big dreams mean big risk
Tragedy has struck space tourism a most cruel blow. First, the 31 October crash of SpaceShipTwo took the life of test pilot Mike Alsbury. Then, images of the in-flight break-up cast a calamitous cloud over the industry’s biggest and most important player – the Virgin Galactic/Scaled Composites team.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: NTSB will have no quick answers after Virgin Galactic crash
Structural failure – not a faulty rocket motor – has quickly emerged as a key focus of the investigation into the 31 October crash of the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo that killed a test pilot and launched a new crisis for Virgin Galactic and the nascent suborbital space tourism industry.
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737 derailment probe 'suggests' track alignment issue
No probable cause emerged from the investigation of a 3 July train derailment that destroyed six almost complete Boeing 737 fuselages, but simulations pointed to the possibility of a track misalignment problem, Montana Rail Link says.
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US Navy's newest aircraft lands perfectly on its oldest carrier
Just after noon on 3 November, a Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II shot into view over the stern of the USS Nimitz for a low pass, the first of three before the pilot made a picture perfect landing on the third arresting wire of the aircraft carrier.
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US Navy re-starts sense and avoid radar for MQ-4C
The US Navy is launching a competition to provide a new air-to-air radar to help the unmanned Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton detect other aircraft and avoid collisions.
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Visual Intelligence creates multi-int payload capability for micro UAVs
Sensor developer Visual Intelligence is in the process of developing an array-based high resolution multispectral geospatial imager that it aims to eventually integrate onto micro unmanned air vehicles.
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Ex-SpaceShipOne test pilot critical of hybrid motor in new video
Count the Ansari X-Prize-winning test pilot of SpaceShipOne, Brian Binnie, among the critics of SpaceShipTwo.
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SpaceShipTwo broke up after tail feathers moved
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo telemetry data has offered a vital clue to investigators searching for the cause of the fatal 31 October crash while the wreckage appears to rule out an engine or fuel tank malfunction.
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Branson hedges on SpaceShipTwo future
In his first live remarks since the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo crash on 31 October, Richard Branson linked the future of the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture to the results of the investigation.
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Few clues on cause of fatal SpaceShipTwo crash
One Scaled Composites test pilot died and another was injured severely after a powered flight of SpaceShipTwo ended in disaster near Mojave, California, for the commercial space tourism venture led by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic on 31 October.
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SpaceShipTwo crashes during powered test flight
Virgin Galactic confirms the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo suborbital rocket crashed on 31 October during the first powered test flight in nearly 10 months.
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Unforgiving void: Spaceflight tragedies remembered
A sobering week in spaceflight saw the first in-flight fatality in a commercial space programme, as Virgin Galactic lost a test pilot with the breakup of its SpaceShipTwo over the Nevada desert, along with a spectacular but non-fatal launch failure of an uncrewed International Space Station resupply mission. After that ...
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King Air crash kills at least four at Wichita airport
A Beechcraft King Air 200 crashed onto the top of a FlightSafety International building on 30 October near the Mid-Continent International airport in Wichita, Kansas, killing at least four, injuring several others and leaving some missing, airport officials confirmed.
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Learjet 85 certification stays on hold
Bombardier is continuing to keep the fate of the Learjet 85 programme in limbo
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VIDEO: NASA has eye on Congressional critics following ISS launch disaster
NASA got the sternest possible reminder of the hazards of spaceflight when an International Space Station resupply mission ended in spectacular failure last night just metres above the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia.
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Euronaval: Insitu introduces ScanEagle 2
Insitu has introduced a new version of its ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle with a new-build engine that will facilitate further business in the commercial market.