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There are indicators that Northrop Grumman is going to bridge Firebird’s mission flexibility with business model flexibility that will provide potential customers a menu of options for accessing the aircraft and modular payload components to fly on it. Selling aircraft … Continue reading →

We take aviation for granted, with airports for every city, jet routes to every popular destination, and private jets for luxury travel—but the business jet is a fairly new invention. The military began to develop small jet-powered cabin-class aircraft as … Continue reading →

The flight represents a breakthrough in ‘ionic wind’ technology, which uses a powerful electric field to generate charged nitrogen ions, which are then expelled from the back of the aircraft, generating thrust. The plane has a propulsion system that is … Continue reading →

Engineers are using sophisticated models to clean plastic debris from oceans, optimize airflow in smog-filled cities, and make vehicles lighter and more efficient. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch will soon start shrinking. In October, The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit foundation … Continue reading →

CLEVELAND — Rock ‘n’ roll has new royalty. The seven inductees soon to be cemented in music history at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 are… – Def Leppard – Stevie Nicks – The Cure – Janet … Continue reading →

Researchers fly the first atmospheric aircraft to use space-proven ionic thrust technology Behind a thin white veil separating his makeshift lab from joggers at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology indoor track, aerospace engineer Steven Barrett recently test-flew the first-ever airplane … Continue reading →

× A swimming class at Brook Field Park, 1943 (Photo courtesy Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities) Of the extremely limited public spaces where black children could frolic in segregation-era Richmond, Brook Field Park was the chief choice. … Continue reading →