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  Humpback Helos

  Posted by Robert Wall 1:03 PM on Jan 27, 2012

  In its continued quest to improve the efficiency of helicopters, the German aerospace center, DLR, is now flight testing rotor modifications inspired by Humpback whales. Research... Read More >>

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  New detail on flying wing airliner

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:52 AM on Jan 20, 2012

  Northrop Grumman has revealed intriguing details about the flying wing airliner and freighter versions it has proposed as the ‘preferred systems concept’ for NASA&rsquo... Read More >>

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  Stealthy Airliner? NG's B-2 inspired transport concept

  Posted by Guy Norris 1:52 AM on Jan 12, 2012

  Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman revealed details about their proposals for NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) preferred system concept contest in Nashvill... Read More >>

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  UAVs Join Fight Against Whaling

  Posted by Graham Warwick 4:39 PM on Jan 05, 2012

  If any recent news story illustrates the potential of unmanned technology to up-end things, it's this one. Australia has approved the use of unmanned aircraft over Antarctic waters... Read More >>

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  Future Rolls Engines - Beyond XWB

  Posted by Guy Norris 5:36 PM on Jan 04, 2012

  With the first version of the Trent XWB engine for the A350 poised for the start of test flights, Rolls-Royce is already stepping up studies of what comes next in its big engine li... Read More >>

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  Channeled Inlet Means Better Supersonics

  Posted by Graham Warwick 10:44 PM on Jan 03, 2012

  NASA has flight tested an inlet that promises to improve the efficiency of supersonic and hypersonic engines. The Channeled Centerbody Inlet Experiment (CCIE) was flown at speeds u... Read More >>

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