New Jets and Turboprops Purchased For Hurricane Hunting Aviation Technology by Editorial Staff - 08/27/201908/27/2019 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded contracts to Textron and Gulfstream for the purchase of new aircraft that will augment the agency’s environmental and hurricane data-gathering capabilities. NOAA awarded a contract to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation for the purchase of a new Gulfstream G550.
Largest Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Makes First Flight Technology by Editorial Staff - 06/11/201908/27/2019 Ampaire, Inc. has moved the aviation industry a major step forward with the test flight of the Ampaire 337, the highest-capacity hybrid-electric aircraft ever flown. Ampaire engineers, investors and journalists recently witnessed the hybrid-electric Ampaire 337 fly in the skies above Camarillo Airport in California. This
DC-8 Flying Laboratory Explores Antarctic Icebergs Aviation Technology by Chris Clarke - 10/24/201808/27/2019 Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, flew over the northern Antarctic Peninsula on Oct. 16, 2018. During the survey, designed to assess changes in the ice height of several glaciers draining into the Larsen A, B and C embayments, IceBridge senior support
Airbus Seeks Patent For Strange Hybrid Vertical Flight Airplane Technology by Chris Clarke - 09/07/201609/07/2016 Sure, we’ve seen Airbus throw some shitty ideas up against the wall to see if anything sticks. Like this ridiculous stacked passenger cabin design or this silly multi stage supersonic transport. Now they’ve upped the ante with this weird gas-electric powered aircraft that can also
Crowdfunding Effort Set To Finance First Vertical Lift Passenger Aircraft Technology by Chris Clarke - 08/25/201509/19/2015 While it might not be the first attempt at creating a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft powered by ducted fans, XTI Aircraft claims to be building the first to offer door-to-door transportation combining the benefits of both helicopter and business jet. Are these guys legit
Researchers Harness New Technologies in Synthetic Biology Technology by Chris Clarke - 07/10/201509/19/2015 Sometimes it's not the biggest weapon systems that win battles for the U.S. military, but some of the smallest-scale technology involved in creating various components used in making weapon systems. Researchers from the Department of Defense, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and several major institutions of