Aviation News

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Star Trek-like Replicator? Electron Beam Device Makes Metal Parts, One Layer At A Time

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Research Continues On Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications

Posted October 28, 2009:

• NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Spiraling Flight Of Maple Tree Seeds Inspires New Aerial Surveillance Technology

Posted October 19, 2009:

• All-in-one Computerized Scheduling Will Make Airports Greener And More Efficient

Posted October 18, 2009:

• Energy-autonomous Sensors Find Dents And Cracks In Aircraft

Posted October 16, 2009:

• New Concept May Enhance Earth-Mars Communication
• Rocket Design Fires International Interest

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-hour Flight

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Intelligent Structural Elements: Support Frames, Adaptive Engine Hoods And More To Come

Posted October 12, 2009:

• Rockets Can Run On Toffee, Engineer Demonstrates

Posted October 8, 2009:

• New Aluminum-water Rocket Propellant Promising For Future Space Missions

Posted October 4, 2009:

• 'Trash Can' Nuclear Reactors Could Power Human Outpost On Moon Or Mars

Posted September 30, 2009:

• World's Most Sensitive Astronomical Camera Developed
• ORMatE Returns To Naval Research Laboratory After Nearly Two Years In Earth Orbit

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Lunar Lander Test Article Glides Above The Safety Net

Posted September 23, 2009:

• New Findings Could Help Hybrid, Electric Cars Keep Their Cool

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Secrets Of Insect Flight Revealed: Modeling The Aerodynamic Secrets Of One Of Nature's Most Efficient Flyers

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Water Quality In Orbit: H₂O Disinfection Tested On International Space Station

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Electronic Nose To Return From Space Station

Posted September 7, 2009:

• Lasers Generate Underwater Sound: Potential For Naval And Commercial Underwater Acoustic Applications

Posted September 6, 2009:

• Flying By The Skin Of Our Teeth

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Penetrating Insights: NIST Airframe Tests Help Ensure Better Shielding For Flight Instruments

Posted August 24, 2009:

• NASA, Air Force Test Environmentally-friendly Rocket Propellant

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Unmanned Aircraft Map Northern Wildfires

Posted August 7, 2009:

• Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial System Achieves Flight Endurance Milestone

Posted August 6, 2009:

• Micro Flying Robots Can Fly More Effectively Than Flies

Posted July 27, 2009:

• Dye-sensitized Solar Cells To Power Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Ways To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Transport

Posted July 8, 2009:

• Robo-bats With Metal Muscles May Be Next Generation Of Remote Control Flyers

Posted July 3, 2009:

• Disaster Setting At The RoboCup 2009: Flight And Rescue Robots Demonstrated Their Abilities

Posted June 28, 2009:

• Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Sightseeing Helicopter Crashes In Hawaii Decrease Following FAA Regulations But Proportion Of Fatal Crashes Increases

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Biofuel Could Lighten Jet Fuel's Carbon Footprint Over 80 Percent

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Geese Involved In Hudson River Plane Crash Were Migratory

Posted June 3, 2009:

• Lightweight Wings For A High-flying Kite

Posted June 2, 2009:

• A Drone For Security And Safety

Posted June 1, 2009:

• Avalanches Of Electrons May Give Thundercloud Insights

Posted May 31, 2009:

• Probing Clouds' Roles In Global Electric Circuit

Posted May 27, 2009:

• Precise Measurement: Laser Ranging System Pinpoints Multiple Objects With Nanometer Precision 100 Km Away

Posted May 22, 2009:

• Wings That Waggle Could Cut Aircraft Emissions By 20%

Posted May 20, 2009:

• NASA Tests Largest Rocket Parachutes Ever For Ares I

Posted May 17, 2009:

• Inexpensive Plastic Used In CDs Could Improve Aircraft, Computer Electronics

Posted May 9, 2009:

• Animals On Runways Can Cause Serious Problems At Small Airports

Posted May 4, 2009:

• Faster Than The Speed Of Sound: New Control System Has What It Takes To Guide Experimental Aircraft
• NASA's Electronic Nose May Provide Neurosurgeons With A New Weapon Against Brain Cancer

Posted April 23, 2009:

• Method For Verifying Safety Of Computer-controlled Devices Developed

Posted April 22, 2009:

• If It Works In London's Streets, It Can Work In Our Skies

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