2024

For some bizarre reason when I was going to say Sierra Nevada has the answers, was thinking of the Smarties commerical of the 80s Only smarties have the answer” lol. Anyhow interesting decision and article...

revealed today, this is the D-Motor DKT-07, a new Belgian indigenously designed and built helicopter. whats so special about it is that it not only flies on traditional aviation fuels, but its also the first helicopter in the world to fly 100% on non-fossil fuels...

Tony Buttler has informed me that Chris Farara, former Hawker Aircraft employee, compiler of the Hawker Association newsletter, occasional writer, and diligent archivist of the Brooklands Hawker archive, has passed away. I can only speak from my own experience - Chris was a really nice man, who...

https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/04/24/0349255/veteran-pc-game-sopwith-celebrates-40th-anniversary

Researchers have created the world's first graphene semiconductor. The joke goes that graphene can do everything but leave the lab, but in the last few years, this is no longer true. In this episode we'll see how scientists turned the best conductor known to man into a semiconductor, opening the...

https://www.bartechnologies.uk/insights/windwings-win-gold-at-2024-edison-awards/

In its effort to replace the aging T-45 trainers, the Navy put out a Request for Information last August for what’s officially dubbed the “Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS).” It indicated a minimum buy of 145 aircraft and a contract award in 2026. That means a Request for Proposal could...

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4601227-military-response-baltimore-bridge-collapse/

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4604035-san-francisco-sues-oakland-over-plans-to-rename-airport/

Possible cyber attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68844879 Switching over to VOIP for emergency and other critical telecommunications seems to have been rather short-sighted, at best.

From another source: https://www.turdef.com/article/design-of-the-turkish-aircraft-carrier-unveiled

https://www.twz.com/air/xq-67a-combat-drone-from-general-atomics-breaks-cover

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Space Perspective to launch balloon-borne tourist flights from 'marine spaceport' I'm dubious: a ship-launched balloon will carry passengers who paid $125,000 each up to 100,000 feet. They will subsequently splash down... and be picked up by the same ship. That had better be a *fast* ship.

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/05/darpa-seeks-secure-microchip-supply-chain/