Lufthansa Airlines recently successfully completed a three-week trial of a biometric boarding pilot program for its flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). During one part of the trial nearly 350 passengers were able to Read More
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (TEPCO Holdings) has contracted the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to develop unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology to fly into the containment vessels of the damaged units at Japan’s Fukushima Read More
The Link Lab at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering was opened in February of this year with the aim of researching and developing systems that link the physical world with cyber components. Known Read More
A 265-meter-long hypersonic wind tunnel is being developed by the State Key Laboratory of High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences to help with the development of space planes. A hypersonic aircraft could Read More
Israeli startup APG, a designer and manufacturer of drones, recently showcased the Peres UAV which can fly horizontally and vertically, transitioning from vertical take-off to horizontal flight and from horizontal flight to vertical landing. The Read More
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently debuted the ELL-8270, an innovative electronic warfare system which uses a towed decoy as “bait” when an aircraft in flight is in danger of being struck by radar-guided enemy missiles. Read More
The United States Navy has awarded an initial $150 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop shipboard lasers – HELIOS – an acronym for ‘High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance’. Under the terms Read More
Forum Subsea Technologies, a subsidiary of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., and BluHaptics, Inc. have partnered to provide solutions for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and subsea engineering applications. Forum’s 3D ROV simulation software product will be Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is currently testing the use of autonomous sailing drones to to monitor weather patterns, temperatures, ocean currents, and more. Historically, NOAA has maintained a network of sensors across Read More
Researchers at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS), Norway are working with 3D printing and low-cost parts to create an inexpensive hyperspectral imager that is lightweight enough to use onboard drones. Hyperspectral imagers produce images Read More
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