1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (816+ words) Moisture absorption can be the main reason for long-term degradation of aircraft-grade carbon fibre composites, according to new research by Monash University and RMIT. The research, published in Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, addresses a long-standing uncertainty in aerospace…...

20+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1053+ words) The US Air Force is moving quickly to field a new generation of compact one-way attack drones for frontline use, even as a similar system, LUCAS, sees its first combat deployment in Iran. A newly issued Request for Information (RFI)…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (708+ words) Counter-UAV patent applications were up 27% largest year, reflecting a broader push to counter the proliferation of drones. According to a new report by Mathys & Squire, China now leads in the number of patent applications for anti-drone technologies. In the year…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (871+ words) Pratt & Whitney is designing a next-generation adaptive cycle engine that offers on-demand performance and efficiency to future fighter jets. With the US Air Force's (USAF) aim to stay dominant in the combat environment, Pratt & Whitney's Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP)…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (521+ words) The Fulton FA-2 Airphibian was the first flying car to receive the US Civil Aeronautics Administration, predecessor of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), certification in 1946. Invented and designed by Robert Fulton in the early 1940s, the type was crafted for remote…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (676+ words) India's Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has reported a significant advance in the aerodynamic design of stealth fighter engine intakes, achieving performance levels that could strengthen the technological foundations of the country's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. The findings, published…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (768+ words) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has unveiled the X-76, a high-speed vertical take-off and landing demonstrator designed to combine jet speed with the flexibility of helicopter operations. The stop-fold tiltrotor aircraft, being developed by Bell Textron under DARPA's Speed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1054+ words) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that some of its Fattah-2 hypersonic missiles and attack drones were able to penetrate US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) systems deployed in Israel during strikes on Thursday, 5 March, a development…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1100+ words) A small avionics company from Scotland is quietly positioning itself inside one of Europe's most closely watched space logistics programmes. Aurora Avionics, a young aerospace electronics firm based in Edinburgh, will supply onboard data acquisition systems for the PHOENIX 2.1 mission…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (410+ words) The water injection technique was used on older, low-bypass turbojet engines that lacked the required power under abnormal conditions. During heavy and/or high-altitude departures, turbojet engines often struggled to produce sufficient takeoff power. Water injection into the engine during…...