NASA: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
They’re nearly here: By the end of FY 2015 – Sept. 30, 2015 – Congress has mandated that …
Aircraft
NASA: Leading a Transition to Low-Carbon Propulsion
One of the most engaging images the sky presents is that of the straight white arcs of an airplane’s …
NASA: Real-time, System-wide Safety Assurance
In Atlanta, in June 2014, one of the last events at Aviation 2014, the annual forum hosted by the …
Wingate, the Chindits and Operation Longcloth
On Feb. 8, 1943, 3,000 British, Gurkha, and Burmese troops – organized into seven columns of approximately 400 men each …
NASA: Supporting Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
Few people today realize that supersonic research is actually represented in the familiar NASA insignia. The red chevron element …
Aircraft Carrier Evolution
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is the latest chapter in a carrier story which began almost a century …
Boeing Updates Flight Deck and Avionics of First NATO AWACS
Boeing recently completed the first flight of a NATO E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) updated with modernized …
Red Flag Aircraft
An Air Force video of an assortment of aircraft seen from the flight line as they participate in Red Flag …
NASA Begins Celebrating NACA Centenary | A Century of Innovation, Exploration, and Discovery in Flight and Space
Today, NASA and the global aerospace community will commence celebrating the centennial of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), …
Book Review – Flying Warbirds: An Illustrated Profile of the Flying Heritage Collection’s Rare WWII-Era Aircraft
Dozens of coffee table books covering vintage aircraft have been published, and most of those dozens concentrate on vintage warbirds. …