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Sep 20, 2016
Risk of injury from drones falling on people’s heads appears to be less than expected, but a small UAS hitting an aircraft will not be the same as a birdstrike, initial research indicates.
Sep 19, 2016
Israel’s ducted-rotor cargo UAS; distributed flaps improve efficiency; submarine-launched drone tested; Prodrone’s grasping, clinging UAS; DARPA’s counter-UAS Dragnet.
Sep 19, 2016
The Air Force Research Laboratory has released a new video explaining the technology behind Auto-GCAS, and detailed multiple saves by the system.
Sep 16, 2016
Eric Dautriat has retired as executive director of Clean Sky after seven years leading Europe’s major public-private partnership for civil aeronautics research.
Sep 15, 2016
When aerospace executives look at digital opportunities, too many use the traditional technology lens without sufficiently evaluating business model impacts.
Sep 15, 2016
With about $40 million a year to spend, the agency’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project has so far funded 15 subprojects in three annual selection rounds.
Sep 14, 2016
Now that connectivity is virtually a given, airlines are beginning to look up and down the value chain for low-cost upgrades that generate big savings.
Sep 13, 2016
Video footage from the HUD of a U.S. Air Force F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System.