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USN invests $5 million on UAV based on Solar Impulse 2

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by alert5

Skydweller Aero has been given $5 million by the U.S. Navy to demonstrate its unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that is based on the Solar Impulse 2.

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Bell unveils high-speed VTOL design concepts

Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 by alert5

American aerospace firm Bell has unveiled a family of High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) design concepts that can cruise at over 400 kts.

Graphic: Bell
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NF-16D VISTA redesignated as the X-62A

Posted on July 31, 2021 by alert5

The NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) has been redesignated as the X-62A last month.

Roger Tanner and Bill Gray pilot the Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Edwards AFB on Jan. 30, 2019 after receiving modifications and a new paint scheme. The aircraft was resdesignated from NF-16D to the X-62A, June 14, 2021 (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner)

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South Korea to launch studies into air-launched space rocket

Posted on July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 by alert5

The Republic of Korea Air Force has commissioned Korean Air (KAL) and a research team from Seoul National University to study the feasibility of developing an air-launched space rocket that can send small satellites into orbit.

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X-56B destroyed during test flight

Posted on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 by alert5

The Lockheed Martin X-56B was destroyed on Jul. 10 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards.

Kenneth E. Ulbrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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