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The Maximum Airspeed Above Which Birds And Drones Are Bound to Crash
In pursuit of fleet-footed prey, the northern goshawk wings through thick forest canopies and underbrush at breakneck speeds, dipping and...
Boeing Dreamliner Delivered to First Customer
After three years of costly setbacks and scary failed test flights, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally made its debut on...
Boeing to Outfit New 787s With Android-Based Entertainment
There may be iPads in cockpits, but there will soon be Androids among us, the passengers. Boeing has announced that...
Sneak Preview: Military’s Maple-Seed-Inspired Drone, Plus More to Come at UAV Show Next Week
After years of development and military funding setbacks, defense contractor Lockheed Martin is finally ready to debut its maple seed-inspired...
Unveiled: Burt Rutan’s Final Creation Is A Flying Car
Aerospace innovator retired in April, but not before designing a new roadable aircraft
Batcopter Flies Along With Bat Swarms, Helping Researchers Study Bat Behavior Up Close
Every night in Texas, vast swarms of Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from caves to dine, swarming in dense clouds and...
Video: Martin Jetpack Crushes Previous Record by Climbing to 5,000 Feet
The folks at Martin Jetpack wanted to test their ballistic parachute, but there was a problem–their previous tests had only...
The Next Generation of Dirigibles Takes Flight
A whirring comes across the sky. From 20,000 feet above the Mexican border or Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, a vehicle as...
Video: MIT’s Quadrocopter Carries a Kinect for Autonomous Flying
MIT’s Robust Robotics Group seems to be as thrilled with the Kinect and the hacking possibilities that emanate therefrom as...
Video: Seagull Robot Takes Off And Flies On Its Own, Just Like the Real Thing
Fly like a seagull into the future