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  Gojett - Making Supersonic Testing Affordable

  Posted by Graham Warwick 11:36 PM on Feb 29, 2012

  Starkey Aerospace - Starcor - is a start-up company formed by University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor Ryan Starkey to develop a small, low-cost, supersonic unmanned airc... Read More >>

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  Surveillance Airship Takes Shape

  Posted by Graham Warwick 8:48 PM on Feb 24, 2012

  On its blog, The Edgefighter, tiny Mav6 has been teasing us with pictures of its M1400 surveillance airship taking shape for the US Air Force's Blue Devil 2 (BD2) program. Like the... Read More >>

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  Solar Impulse Back to "Earth"

  Posted by Graham Warwick 4:52 PM on Feb 24, 2012

  Solar Impulse is claiming success in its simulated 72-hour flight, intended as a precusor to a solar-powered round-the-world attempt in 2014. Pilot Andre Borschberg says the simula... Read More >>

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  Incubate to Innovate

  Posted by Graham Warwick 9:38 PM on Feb 23, 2012

  This article was originally published as the Leading Edge column in the Feb. 13 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.Photo: SikorskyIncubate to InnovateInnovation has beco... Read More >>

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  Solar Impulse Simulates 72-Hour Flight

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:40 PM on Feb 20, 2012

  As a precusor to a round-the-world flight attempt, Switzerland's Solar Impulse will simulate a non-stop three-day flight of its second solar-powered aircraft, HB-SIB, from Feb. 21 ... Read More >>

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  Boeing's Innovation Spotlight

  Posted by Guy Norris 6:06 AM on Feb 07, 2012

  Innovation has driven aerospace from its earliest beginnings. However, as my colleagues and I found out when we researched and produced Aviation Week’s Innovation Special las... Read More >>

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  DARPA's UAVforge Closes in on Final 10

  Posted by Graham Warwick 1:53 PM on Feb 06, 2012

  DARPA's UAVforge competition to crowd-source the design of a small perch-and-stare unmanned aircraft has completed its second round, with participants voting on "proof-of-flight" v... Read More >>

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