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After Boeing Aviation Innovation launched its Milestones in Aviation App, Lockheed Martin has launched its own iPad App entitled 'LM Tomorrow'. LM Tomorrow is a science and engineering app that provides insight into some of Lockheed Martin's most innovative technologies and how they work. From flying
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The film industry is turning to UAS to produce exciting images at sensible prices. A beauty shot that used to be possible only with a noisy, polluting passenger helicopter can now be achieved with the flick of a thumb. The camera is mounted on an electric drone called a quadrocopter,
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Federal Aviation Administration has been working to ensure the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the NAS. The FAA's sole mission and authority as it focuses on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems is safety. Already, the agency has achieved the first unmanned aircraft systems milestone
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Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives know they're being watched in Yemen by U.S. intelligence and are taking specific steps to stay alive. Those steps, outlined in the electronic brochure "Expectations Full," include, "not traveling outside the base, speaking in a low voice,
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Nano drones that an infantryman can pull out of his pocket; helicopters piloted by robots who extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield; micro satellites on demand; large spy balloons in the upper reaches of the stratosphere; virtual training with a helmet from your office; algorithms that resolve pilots’ ethical dilemmas
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Nicholls State University in Thibodaux is testing a new kind of eye in the sky to track coastal erosion and the health of Louisiana’s barrier islands more closely. The islands are an important habitant for migratory birds and a frontline protection against hurricanes, but the islands have undergone heavy
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UK research to develop smart machines that think for themselves will receive a £16 million boost thanks to a major partnership between the government and industry. This research includes safe ways of monitoring in dangerous environments such as deep-sea installations and nuclear power plants, 'nursebots' that assist patients
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This video shows details of preparations of B-2 Stealth Bombers for flight, taxiing, and taking off during the Red Flag 12-3 Exercise at Nellis AFB, NV. The video was shot by Airman 1st Class Aaron Hauser 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs,the 509 BW from Whiteman AFB, MO. Source:
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Brazilian firm Avibras is concluding final assembly of the prototype of the ‘Falcão’ [Falcon], the first domestic aircraft in the 800-kilo class, used for surveillance, reconnaissance, patrol, and sensor tasks, among other missions. The Falcão will have its inaugural flight before July. The Falcão’s frame is made of carbon
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Arcturus T-20The US military can't buy enough unmanned aircraft systems to suit imagery-hungry combat commanders. Procurement programmes are harder than ever to start in these days of ever-tightening defence budgets. And using a 20thCentury defence acquisition system to buy 21st Century technologies often means getting too little too
Lighter Than Air
Interesting 20-minute video from 1965 of the San Francisco Bay Area shot from the Goodyear Blimp.Connoisseurs of the region will be amused to notice the changes that have taken place since then. Source: YouTube
Military
The dire impact of CIA drone missile strikes against suspected terrorists in Pakistan certainly did not go unnoticed by Osama bin Laden, prompting the al Qaeda leader to repeatedly warn associates to take appropriate security measures, according to documents seized during the raid on the al Qaeda leader's