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I Am Warplane
Why does NASA keep launching Wright brothers’ stuff into space?
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Leo DeLuca
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How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting
Navy SEALs could get new airborne backup. Here’s what the planes look like.
The DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom drones are covered in sensors and filled with AI to prevent crashes
DJI’s Mavic Air drone is the best flying machine you can throw in your backpack
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Reported by Eric Adams and Sophie Bushwick
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The 10 Most Important Aerospace Innovations Of The Year
25 Reasons To Love Drones
Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds
Airbus Wants To Save Minutes By Radically Rethinking Airplanes And Airports
Boeing Just Patented This Weird Cargo-Grabbing Plane
Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones
The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones
How To Design A Drone-Proof City
Robot ships from Rolls-Royce (not that one) could run crew-less
Stop Calling It The Drone Memo
Drones will fly into the path of the eclipse to study weather
An Air Force artificial intelligence program flew a drone fighter for hours
Fire-resistant clothing is a hot choice. Here’s how it works.
The Royal Navy’s jetpack demo is astonishing—and impractical
Senator Tammy Duckworth on why AI should never fully replace humans in the cockpit
The US military is testing a microwave anti-drone weapon called THOR
This drone will refuel Naval fighter jets by 2024
Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones
The future of air combat is drones launching more drones
Watch the Navy’s new drone fly using just sunlight and hydrogen
Refueling B-52s in the sky is hard, so the Air Force is trying VR simulators
Everything to know about the Air Force’s new fighter jet, the F-15EX Eagle II
Joby’s electric aircraft inches us closer to a future full of flying taxis
Ingenuity flew on Mars. Now NASA will push it to the brink of destruction.
Senator Tammy Duckworth describes the day her Black Hawk was shot down
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Tammy Duckworth
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DJI Air 2S drone: A pro-grade aerial camera for under $1,000
Gallery: From hatch to dials, a look around and inside a B-52 bomber
NTSB Cites Poor Safety Culture in Air Ambulance Accident
Don’t try and fly your drone in areas affected by hurricanes
QA 1.77 Sandcastle Testing
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Rugged Paragliding Drone Provides Supplies In Face Of Danger
Northrup Grumman RQ-180
Elvis (the helicopter) is cheating death by becoming a drone
The Coyote swarming drone can deploy for aerial warfare—or hurricanes
Watch this Boeing fighter jet drone fly for the first time
This Airbus prototype could deploy drones from cargo planes
The United Airlines Flight 328 engine failure, explained
Two fighter pilots passed out over Nevada last year. Software saved them both.
DARPA’s new combat drones could catch a ride from other aircraft
This surprisingly common flight issue contributed to Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash
Everything to know about the bombers that flew over Super Bowl LV
Stealth Reborn
NASA’s Mars helicopter may soon be the first to fly on another planet
Check out the double-rotor helicopter that could be the US Army’s next Black Hawk
RIP Loon, Google’s balloon-based cellular network
Getting rescued by helicopter has risks. This gadget could make it safer.
The new Air Force One arrives in 2024. Here’s what we know so far.
These new flying taxis offer a glimpse at our future commutes
Is There Really No Way to Keep a Goose Out of a Jet Engine?
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By Susannah F. Locke
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This new harness lets military dogs parachute safely and with style
These fascinating flying stories soared above a turbulent year
An AI just copiloted a U-2 spyplane for the very first time
Chuck Yeager has died at 97, but the legacy of his record-breaking flight lives on
A beginner’s guide to buying your first drone
The most daring aerospace innovations of 2020
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Rob Verger and Charlie Wood
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The world’s longest commercial flights, by the numbers
Delivery drones could drive us batty—unless they take some sonic cues from owls