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Sikorsky to provide an ALIAS to DARPA

2015-03-11

The objective of DARPA’s ALIAS program is to develop and insert new automation into existing aircraft to enable operation with reduced onboard crew. Sikorsky is leading a team for Phase 1 development.

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WSU team's transportable hydrogen fueling station wins design contest

2014-09-02

The WSU team found an edge over the competing designs by employing liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage to maximize station capacity and reduce capital and operating costs. Delivering hydrogen in liquid form reduces the energy used for distribution, and 80-90% of small-merchant hydrogen is delivered via cryogenic liquid tanker truck.

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Hideaway antennas for aircraft

2014-09-12

High-performance metamaterial antennas could be compact, lightweight, conformable, and stealthy.

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LEAP for Boeing 737 MAX makes first flight

2015-05-18

At the end of April, Boeing and CFM International initiated flight testing of the LEAP-1B engine on a modified 747 flying testbed at GE Aviation Flight Test Operations.

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Rockwell Collins launches new high-fidelity image generator

2015-04-29

One of the key differentiators of the EP-8100 for commercial and military simulation and training is the system’s ability to use customers’ existing databases.

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Boeing, South African Airways to turn new tobacco plant into jet fuel

2014-08-20

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First Lockheed Martin-built GPS III ready for system-level testing

2015-05-19

Lockheed Martin is currently under contract to build eight GPS III satellites at its GPS III Processing Facility near Denver, a factory specifically designed to streamline satellite production.

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High-strength aluminum powder developed for additive manufacturing in aerospace, automotive

2015-06-04

Metal laser melting has made a successful leap from rapid prototyping to an approved manufacturing technology, and the method is increasingly becoming an option for companies in high-tech industries, according to Toolcraft. And now the German manufacturer has teamed with Airbus APWorks to offer another option for additive manufacturing—the Airbus subsidiary’s Scalmalloy high-performance aluminum powder.

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3D-printed parts fly on Airbus A350 XWB and ULA rockets

2015-05-28

Additive manufacturing is making significant headway in aerospace production programs, as evidenced by recent announcements that Airbus and rocket manufacturer United Launch Alliance both are—or soon will be—flying aircraft that incorporate 3D-printed parts enabled by Stratasys.

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Sikorsky’s S-97 takes successful first flight

2015-05-27

During the May 22 flight, which lasted approximately one hour, Raider pilots took the aircraft through a series of maneuvers designed to test the aircraft’s hover and low-speed capability.

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Global contenders to break the commercial aircraft duopoly

2015-05-27

In the commercial jet market below the 150-seat Airbus and Boeing killing fields, the next biggest sales are in the hands of Canada’s Bombardier and Brazil’s Embraer.

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Gulfstream makes progress on G600 and G500 programs, the latter completing first flight

2015-05-19

Prior to first flight, more than 34,000 hours of lab testing had been completed for Gulfstream's clean-sheet wide-cabin aircraft.

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Additive manufacturing and materials a prime focus for GKN Aerospace

2015-04-29

GKN Aerospace recently announced two collaborative research projects related to the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM) within the aerospace industry. One is a program to develop titanium powder specifically formulated and blended for AM of aerospace components. The second is a strategic partnership with Arcam to develop and industrialize a promising new additive process, electron beam melting.

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Buckeye Current’s TT triumph

2014-09-02

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Probing ways to dampen sonic boom

2016-03-14

As airlines strive to move more and more people faster and faster, the talk of a future supersonic aircraft for commercial purposes is getting louder and louder.

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Aurora developing distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system for VTOL X-Plane

2016-03-14

Dozens of attempts by VTOL aircraft designers have been made to increase top speed without sacrificing range, efficiency, or the ability to do useful work, “with each effort struggling or failing in one way or another.”

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Taming of the drones

2016-12-08

While unmanned systems are already transforming the way that modern warfighting is conducted, the commercial sector is still at the starting gate. That said, personal UAV ownership is expanding at an exponential rate, as small, stable, UAVs enter the market.

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Lockheed Martin shows big support for Metamaterial Technologies’ smart materials research

2017-06-10

Metamaterial Technologies looks to enter the solar power market by providing advanced photovoltaic technology to the aerospace and defense industry.

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SAE is working with Euro JV on fast-charging network

2016-12-05

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Composites design optimization for automated fiber placement

2014-08-25

Coriolis Composites and SAFRAN Aircelle worked together on a thrust reverser component demonstrator made with carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) material and an AFP process. This component is an inner fixed structure, made of two monolithic carbon skins and a core.