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2013/05/22 23:28
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OTTAWA - The Harper government may have "hit the reset button" on the purchase of F-35s, but planning for the stealth fighter continues � and Canada is facing a series of deadlines that will increase...
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2013/05/20 22:15
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According to a news release from Dryden, which is located on Edwards Air Force Base east of Mojave. Bolden will tour Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser spacecraft Wednesday at Dryden. Sierra Nevada is...
2013/05/17 17:42
2013/05/17 17:42
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A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America’s shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe. AlterNet and TomDispatch They increasingly dot...
2013/05/17 00:17
2013/05/17 00:17
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Astronaut Jack Fischer took the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft for a spin, rocketing down from 10,000 feet, bucking through 60 seconds of turbulence to land hard on the runway in the Mojave desert in...
2013/05/15 15:44
2013/05/15 15:44
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San Diego State University will attempt to break the sound barrier Saturday with an 18-foot rocket designed and built by student engineers. The hand-crafted rocket Swiss Miss is scheduled to soar...
2013/05/15 10:53
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For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George...
2013/05/15 00:03
2013/05/15 00:03
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The unmanned X-51A WaveRider sped westward for four minutes, reaching Mach 5.1, or more than five times the speed of sound, before plunging into the ocean as planned. It flew for longer than any...
2013/05/12 23:21
2013/05/12 23:21
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More Coverage Scientists the world over are looking to combine flying wing technology with pilotless aircraft in commercial as well as military capacities. NASA’s remotely piloted X-48C...
2013/05/10 04:14
2013/05/10 04:14
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The Air Force plans its first hypersonic flight test of the X-51A Waverider aircraft on Tuesday, May 25, over the Pacific Ocean to test the capabilities of its scramjet engine. Officials hope that...
2013/05/07 21:38
2013/05/07 21:38
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Lt. Gen. Jim Kowalski, commander of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, sits at the electronics nerve center of a B-52H test aircraft in May 2012 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Douglas...
2013/05/07 14:47
2013/05/07 14:47
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Astronaut David Scott urges Jacksonville University graduates to 'see the world': 7th man to walk on the moon receives honorary degree Tuesday, May 7, 10:30 AM EDT On Saturday, the seventh U.S....
2013/05/07 06:57
2013/05/07 06:57
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Image: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center The X-15 is a strong contender for the title “Everyone’s Favorite X-plane.” Conceived in the 1952-1954 period, before Sputnik (October 1957) and the birth of...
2013/05/06 19:57
2013/05/06 19:57
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The first leg of Solar Impulse’s epic cross-country flight went so smoothly as to be uneventful. Pilot and co-founder Bertrand Piccard touched down in Phoenix after midnight, early Saturday morning,...
2013/05/05 14:25
2013/05/05 14:25
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Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S....
2013/05/05 01:08
2013/05/05 01:08
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Israel enforces 'red line' with Syria airstrike on weapons bound for Hezbollah, officials say BEIRUT (AP) - With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of...
2013/05/03 19:39
2013/05/03 19:39
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The X-51A WaveRider is one step closer to its inaugural test flight later this year, now that airmen at Edwards Air Force Base have successfully "mated" the scramjet-propelled vehicle to a B-52...
2013/05/03 03:34
2013/05/03 03:34
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The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals with legal and philosophical issues involved in giving robots lethal powers over humans, echoing countless science-fiction...
2013/05/01 15:42
2013/05/01 15:42
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Kyle Smith’s career in the Air Force has taken him to the other side of the world, far away from his wife and family. But a big perk of his job every day involves having a partner who’s also a...
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2013/04/30 13:57
2013/04/30 13:57
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The Global Observer, seen during a flight test, has since found its funding from the Pentagon evaporate. Photo: Courtesy of AeroVironment, Inc. The Pentagon spent millions developing a humongous...
2013/04/29 15:50
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Today in Florida history... April 29th, 1985 STS 51-B was the seventeenth flight of NASA's Space shuttle program, and the seventh flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch was delayed by 2...