by dankeelan | Apr 22, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Featured, Space
The aerial exploration of Mars has begun. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter lifted off on the Red Planet early this morning (April 19), performing the first-ever powered flight on a world beyond Earth. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper was...
by dankeelan | Mar 4, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Drones
The Federal Aviation Administration this week named Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as one of five airports nationwide to help it develop drone detection and mitigation equipment. Drones can pose a danger to planes, both in the air and on the ground. It is an...
by dankeelan | Jan 28, 2021 | Aeronautics, Featured
Flying cars, air taxis and autonomous delivery drones will soon be coming to our roads and skies… and could be heading for Coventry before anywhere else. That’s because British firm Urban Air Port and Korean car maker Hyundai have today unveiled plans for...
by dankeelan | Oct 29, 2020 | Aeronautics, Featured, Robots
An aerial robot inspired by a fast-flying hawk soared, turned and wheeled over a Swiss field last year, during tests to discover the capabilities of its new shape-changing design. Researchers say it could lead to drones that can fly for much longer than conventional...
by dankeelan | Sep 3, 2020 | Aeronautics, Artificial Intelligence, Defense
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is worried that artificial intelligence programs might have serious and unknown vulnerabilities that adversaries could exploit. In particular, the Pentagon is worried that the technology could not only be hacked, but could be...
by dankeelan | Dec 5, 2019 | Aeronautics, Defense
Michigan-based in-space propulsion startup Orbion is working with a major new partner: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Orbion has secured a research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, specifically aimed at helping the...
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