by JVanDomelen | Jul 7, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, Satellite, Space
E-FAN 2.0 (Static display, AG Pavilion): Fully-electric, battery-powered, two-seater industrialized version of the technology demonstrator. Aimed at flight schools for initial pilot training aircraft, EIS is expected to be 2018. Germany’s GreenTec Awards gave...
by JVanDomelen | Jul 7, 2016 | Air, Featured, Rotary Wing
PROVIDENCE, RI, July 5, 2016 — Textron Aviation Inc., Textron AirLand, Textron Systems, Bell Helicopter , TRU Simulation + Training and Textron Airborne Solutions, all businesses of Textron Inc., have announced their plans for the Farnborough International...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 30, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
The equipment required for an electric propulsion test is ready for research. Credits: NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes EDWARDS, CALIF, June, 28, 2016 — Before the first electric propulsion X-planes fly, such as the X-57, researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 17, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
HAMPTON, VA June 16, 2016 — NASA researchers will have a front row seat to airline operations over the next five years, thanks to a newly signed partnership with American Airlines. Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Langley Research Center, are looking at...
by JVanDomelen | May 20, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 20, 2016 — The $8.9 billion agreement for India to buy Rafale fighters is stalled and obstacles appear to be holding up other Ministry of Defense procurement. Source: Bureaucratic Paralysis Hits Rafale Deal
by JVanDomelen | Apr 13, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing, Sea, Surface
STUTTGART, GERMANY, April 13, 2016 – A United States Navy Destroyer operating in international waters in the Baltic Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft on April 11 and 12. USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) encountered multiple, aggressive flight...