The 500th Eurofighter has been delivered to the Italian Air Force in a special ceremony at Leonardo Aircraft Division’s Turin site. In total, 599 of the aircraft have been ordered, making the Eurofighter the largest collaborative industrial programme in Europe. Almost 400,000 hours have been flown. The 500th Eurofighter Typhoon was delivered to the Italian Air Force during...
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The 500th Eurofighter delivered to the Italian Air Force
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Ever dreamed of a flying car?
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthAeromobil, the flying car company, has unveiled its new model today and is now in a position to take pre-orders. While this announcement is big news, Aeromobile had promised to offer a commercially available flying car in 2017 – however, orders won’t actually ship until 2020. However, the Aeromobil is very, very cool. It switches from car mode to air mode in under three mi...
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Boeing's Deep Space Gateway and Transport system
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthBoeing has revealed plans for its Deep Space Gateway and Transport system that could lead to major advances in space exploration and make the promise of colonies in space that little bit closer. Last year, Boeing and five other companies joined up with NASA in order to develop vehicles for deep space. Now Boeing has revealed plans for its Deep Space Gateway and Transport sy...
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Bezos Doubles Down on Blue Origin
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthJeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon and the newly-crowned world’s second richest man, is doubling down on another of his companies, Blue Origin. Blue Origin is one of the new breed of space companies challenging conventional economics and one of the main competitors to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Space, of course, is an expensive business. Bezos is currently funding Blue Origin’s Ne...
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SpaceX has successfully relaunched and recaptured a rocket
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthSpaceX has reached a crucial milestone and opened the door to the future of space exploration by recovering a Falcon 9 rocket, landing it on its drone barge. What makes this remarkable is that the company has already done exactly this before with the very same rocket. Yes, this rocket has been successfully launched and landed twice, and could possibly be used again. Elon...
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Aircraft Orders Up 10x in a Year
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthFebruary was a bumper month for the aerospace industry, with 100 aircraft delivered and orders up to 43. However, Brexit remains the great unknown and may weigh on industry optimism. Global aircraft orders soared in February, putting the industry on target for a record year of deliveries whilst providing a timely boost to the UK economy. February 2016 saw only four new airc...
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SpaceX Working With Nasa to Identify Landing Spots on Mars
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthSpaceX is looking for landing sites on Mars with NASA. This is exciting as it continues SpaceX's goal of establishing a colony to the red planet. SpaceX is still thinking about Elon Musk’s long-stated goal of reaching Mars and is working with NASA to identify and evaluate landing sites on the red planet. Paul Wooster, a senior SpaceX executive, mentioned during a conference...
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Wright Electric Aims To Develop Commercial Electric Plane
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthCan a US startup shake up the aerospace sector with an electric plane, beating industry heavyweights in the process. With electric cars becoming more and more mainstream, will we ever see an electric powered aviation industry? This vision of the future of aviation is potentially a big deal – fuel is the major cost for airlines and eliminating this overhead suddenly makes t...
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Boom Supersonic Completes Financing To Build The New Concorde
almost 4 years ago by Ian UnsworthBoom Supersonic has raised enough new funding to build and fly its first supersonic jet. The $33m Series A round will allow the company to build and fly a 1/3-scale prototype of its XB-1 supersonic airliner. The company has already completed wind tunnel tests on a scaled down XB-1. Assuming a successful testing regimen, it aims to sell the finished product to airlines with...
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