Aviation News
A research paper by a team from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology describes how a tanker-centric stereo vision system can be used for automated aerial refueling (AAR).
Photo: U.S. Air Force
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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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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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The NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) has been redesignated as the X-62A last month.
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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