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July 8, 2016

Vision Through the Clouds

June 29, 2016 — Poor weather can often make the operation of rescue helicopters a highly risky business, and sometimes even impossible. A new helmet-mounted display may in the future be able to help pilots detect ... read more

Behavioral Economics Study Shows Boost in Fuel and Carbon Efficiency of Airline Captains

June 20, 2016 — Interventions rooted in behavioral economics can significantly boost the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry, according to a new ... read more

Making Airport Surface Traffic More Efficient

June 7, 2016 — Many major European airports are unable to expand. This means that aircraft departures, arrivals and surface traffic movements will have to be sped up. A new system designed to make surface movements ... read more

NASA Super Pressure Balloon Begins Globetrotting Journey

May 18, 2016 — NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test ... read more

Satellite Data Could Help Reduce Flights Sidelined by Volcanic Eruptions

May 13, 2016 — A volcano erupting and spewing ash into the sky can cover nearby areas under a thick coating of ash and can also have consequences for aviation safety. Airline traffic changes due to a recent ... read more

Research Team Realizes 3-Color Photodetector

Apr. 22, 2016 — There's a new approach to design results in a device that can detect different infrared wavebands, which could lead to applications in imaging and entertainment, report ... read more

New Tool Calculates Economic Costs of Methane Leak Detection

Apr. 20, 2016 — The 'virtual gas field simulator' calculates the economic costs of different technologies for plugging and repairing leaky natural gas wells. In recent years, there has been a growing ... read more

No Evidence to Suggest Lasers Pointed at Cockpits Damage Pilots' Eyes

Apr. 19, 2016 — There is no evidence to suggest that lasers pointed at airplane cockpits damage pilots' eyesight. But obviously if directed at critical moments, the dazzle from the beam and ensuing distraction ... read more

Royal Navy Uses Pilotless Aircraft to Navigate Through Ice

Apr. 15, 2016 — A tiny pilotless aircraft has launched from the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector for the first time to assist with navigating through the Antarctic. The 3D-printed aircraft, along with ... read more

Robird to Make Its First Flight at Airports

Apr. 13, 2016 — A "Robird" will make its first flights at an airport location in February. The Robird is designed to scare away birds at airports and waste processing ... read more

Drone Collisions: Catapult Tests the Dangers of Drones

Apr. 13, 2016 — A new experimental setup with a motorized catapult and high-speed camera now documents in detail what happens when one of the popular small hobby drones hit objects or people. In the first film from ... read more

Autonomous Cloud Seeding Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada

Mar. 25, 2016 — Scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone ... read more

Drones Revolutionize Ecological Monitoring

Mar. 17, 2016 — New research has paved the way for drones to revolutionize ecological monitoring. The research found that drones are much more precise at monitoring the size of seabird colonies in tropical and polar ... read more

New Material Could Make Aircraft De-Icers a Thing of the Past

Mar. 16, 2016 — Instead of applying a deicing agent to strip ice from an aircraft's wings before winter takeoffs, airport personnel could in the future just watch chunks slide right off. Scientists report they ... read more

Outsourcing Crystal Growth...to Space

Mar. 15, 2016 — Researchers have grown crystals and measured the growth rate on the ISS by interferometry to better examine the effects of ... read more

Aviation and Volcanic Ash: Don't Build Model on Sand

Mar. 14, 2016 — Volcanic ash can damage jet engines, and volcanologists have developed a new empirical model for assessment of the risk. Their results show that tests using sand do not reflect the behavior of ash in ... read more

Sticky, Stony and Sizzling Science Launching to Space Station

Mar. 9, 2016 — NASA's commercial partner Orbital ATK plans to launch its Cygnus spacecraft into orbit on March 22, 2016 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for its fifth contracted resupply mission to ... read more

Miniaturized Fuel Cell Makes Drones Fly More Than One Hour

Mar. 8, 2016 — Drones are used for various applications such as aero picturing, disaster recovery, and delivering. Despite attracting attention as a new growth area, the biggest problem of drones is its small ... read more

New Research Uncovers the ‘myths’ Behind Technological Solutions to Aviation’s Climate Change Crisis

Mar. 4, 2016 — A new study has explored the ways in which new technologies have been ‘hyped’ by the aviation industry and media as the key to sustainable air travel, perpetuating a culture of non-accountability ... read more

Behavior of CFRP During Flights Verified Precisely

Mar. 2, 2016 — Little is known as yet about the behavior of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) during a flight. As part of the Clean Sky research initiative and with the help of a measurement configuration ... read more
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