Aerospace
The space tourism race, the shift to hydrogen-fueled aircraft, and autonomous defense drones—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of aerospace.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/01/22/ryanair-strikes-sustainable-fuel-deal-with-enilive/
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Ryanair will buy sustainable aviation fuel at Italian airports from a subsidiary of oil giant Eni under a deal confirmed on Monday.The Irish airline said that it has signed a letter of intent with for the long-term supply of sustainable aviation fuel with Enilive, which is 100 per cent controlled...
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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/autonomous-drone-startup-zipline-hits-1-million-deliveries.html
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Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it's eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of growth. The San Francisco-based startup designs, builds and operates autonomous delivery drones, working with clients that range from more than 4,700 hospitals including the Cleveland Clinic to major brands such as and GNC.
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https://spacenews.com/zeno-to-recycle-decades-old-radioactive-material-to-fuel-its-radioisotope-power-systems/
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WASHINGTON — Zeno Power Systems announced Jan. 26 it is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to recycle decades-old radioactive material to produce radioisotope power sources.
Under the agreement with DOE, Zeno will have access to a large supply of strontium-90, a radioisotope created as a...
Under the agreement with DOE, Zeno will have access to a large supply of strontium-90, a radioisotope created as a...
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Kennedy Space Center prepares [[astronaut]]s and send them into space under the [[Commercial Crew Program]]. As of 2024, [[SpaceX]]'s...
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https://www.theblaze.com/news/mystery-drones-circled-around-langley-air-force-base-for-weeks-in-december
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Several unmanned drones circled Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for weeks in December 2023. While the U.Air Force confirmed these incidents, it is still uncertain who owned the drones and why they appeared to be monitoring the base, according to the Washington Examiner. The drones were first identified on December 2023, according to government officials.
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https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-19-israel-drones-crying-children-lure-palestinians-idf.html
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It has come to light that the Israeli military is tricking innocent Palestinians into their own deaths by playing recordings of crying children in the streets of Gaza. Much like that famous scene from Schindler's List in which a high-level Nazi is randomly picking off concentration camp prisoners with a gun, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are luring innocent Palestinians into the streets of Gaza so they can be picked off by much more advanced weaponry than anything that existed during World War II.
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https://airwaysmag.com/etihad-pilots-certified-to-fly-both-a350-and-a380/
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DALLAS - Abu-Dhabi-based (AUH) Etihad Airways (EY) becomes one of the first airlines to enable its pilots to operate both the Airbus A350 and A380 models. This is a key milestone in pilot training and flight operations.
After successfully obtaining regulatory approvals and completing thorough...
After successfully obtaining regulatory approvals and completing thorough...
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https://theconversation.com/where-do-israel-and-hamas-get-their-weapons-220762
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The fighting continues between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas militants in and around Gaza. The death tolls continue to rise, but where do the weapons keep coming from? The Israeli government estimates that Hamas' surprise attack on Oct. 2023, killed 1,200 people in Israel. Since then, both sides have fired missiles and rockets, mortars and other weapons at each other.
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https://www.space.com/chinese-preeminence-moon-mars-op-ed
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Chris Carberry is CEO of Explore Mars, Inc. and author of "The Music of Space" and "Alcohol in Space." Joe Cassady is Director, Civil Space at L3Harris as well as Executive VP of Explore Mars, Inc. They contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The United States appears to be entering the golden age of space exploration.
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https://skift.com/2024/05/03/ask-skift-how-is-climate-change-impacting-travel/
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Soaring temperatures are poised to make traveling around the world more challenging. But is climate change already impacting travel? And how is the industry responding? We put the question to Ask Skift, our artificial intelligence chatbot. Ask Skift used information appearing in our past news coverage and we did additional reporting.
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https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Space_Force_initiates_MUOS_Service_Life_Extension_with_Lockheed_Martin_design_contract_999.html
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The U.Space Force's Space Systems Command has taken a significant step towards enhancing global military communications by contracting Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the early design of two additional satellites under the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Service Life Extension (SLE) program. With a firm-fixed-price agreement valued at $66 million, this initiative focuses on risk reduction activities and preliminary design efforts, aiming to fortify the MUOS network into the 2030s.
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https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240221-finnair-airlines-weighing-passengers-controversy?ocid=global_travel_rss
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Finnair sparks controversy by weighing its passengersBy Mia TaylorFeatures correspondentAccurate passenger weight data serves a variety of safety purposes, but travellers are criticising Finnair's information-gathering effort.Finnair's recent roll out of a voluntary passenger weighing system was...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/us-space-force-announces-commercial-9387159/
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At the 39 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on April 10, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced the US Space Force's (USSF) blueprint for integrating private-sector capabilities. This blueprint, dubbed the "U.Space Force Commercial Space Strategy," seeks to "drive development of more resilient and combat-capable architectures while deploying them faster, in greater numbers, and at a lower cost." .
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/analyst-warns-hamas-may-have-already-destroyed-israel-in-an-unconventional-way/
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Help Christians survive in Gaza: LifeFunder
(LifeSiteNews) — Israel's "extraordinary brutality in Gaza" threatens its own existence far more than Hamas ever could, according to a 15-minute presentation from one video analyst. With the...
Help Christians survive in Gaza: LifeFunder
(LifeSiteNews) — Israel's "extraordinary brutality in Gaza" threatens its own existence far more than Hamas ever could, according to a 15-minute presentation from one video analyst. With the...
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/pentagon_missile_satellite_network/
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Last night's launch of six Pentagon missile-detection satellites was well timed as fears mount that Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons into space. The US Department of Defense confirmed its payload included two satellites for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), and the final four Tranche 0 satellites for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) communications constellation.
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/10/usaf_ai_f16_tests/
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The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet and the civilian boss of the service says he's planning to fly in one of the robo-planes this northern spring. Last week the Air Force (USAF) delivered three F-16 fighters to Eglin Air Force Base for conversion to full AI control as part of the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model (VENOM) autonomous test bed program.
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/easing-fdi-norms-in-space-sector-to-attract-foreign-players-boost-demand-for-high-tech-jobs/articleshow/109854637.cms
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New Delhi: The government's decision to ease foreign direct investment (FDI) in the space sector will help attract foreign players as well as startups and will boost demand for high-tech jobs, experts say. The government has eased FDI norms in the sector by allowing 100 per cent overseas...
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https://news.okstate.edu/articles/engineering-architecture-technology/2024/a_weekend_of_engineering_innovation.html
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CEAT hosts a weekend of engineering innovation
Friday, May 3, 2024
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Desa James | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-2669 | desa.james@okstate.edu
There was no limit to the amount of engineering innovation displayed this weekend
by the Oklahoma State University...
Friday, May 3, 2024
Media Contact:
Desa James | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-2669 | desa.james@okstate.edu
There was no limit to the amount of engineering innovation displayed this weekend
by the Oklahoma State University...
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https://instapundit.com/631803/
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February 12, 2024
DELIVERY IN 90 MINUTES OR IT'S FREE: US military hopes one day to move supplies, maybe troops, on SpaceX's Starship.
Elon Musk's next-generation rocket currently in development at SpaceX's southeast Texas facilities is gearing up for its third suborbital test...
DELIVERY IN 90 MINUTES OR IT'S FREE: US military hopes one day to move supplies, maybe troops, on SpaceX's Starship.
Elon Musk's next-generation rocket currently in development at SpaceX's southeast Texas facilities is gearing up for its third suborbital test...
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https://www.space.com/space-shuttle-columbia-the-final-flight-cnn-exclusive-clip
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Other than the national tragedy of the Apollo 1 command capsule fire that took the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee on Jan. 27, 1967 during a launch rehearsal at Cape Kennedy, NASA's darkest hour up to that point occurred 19 years later when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch on Jan.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13040913/Moment-Ukrainian-kamikaze-drone-hits-massive-oil-refinery-Volgograd-airstrike-Russian-city-Hitler-81-years-ago.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
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Published: 06:14 EST, 3 February 2024 | Updated: 06:18 EST, 3 February 2024 A major oil refinery was hit by two huge explosions in a kamikaze drone strike in Volgograd - the first air raid on the city, previously called Stalingrad, since Hitler's failed invasion 81 years ago.The moment of the...
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https://bnnbreaking.com/bnn-newsroom/desert-conditions-accelerate-airline-engine-wear-costs-and-solutions-explored
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Airlines operating in desert regions are facing an uphill battle against the elements, with sand particles and high temperatures significantly shortening the lifespan of aircraft engines and inflating maintenance costs. Understanding the gravity of this issue is crucial for the aviation industry,...