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Lost in the Noise

• 20 Apr 2023 05:03 AM
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With rules yet to be written, aircraft yet to be tested, and public perceptions yet to be determined, aircraft noise poses complex questions for the makers of advanced air mobility.

The Gantry: A Short History

• 13 Mar 2023 01:44 PM
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This is sidebar of the main article - Melding Old and New Technology: Impact Testing for Crash Safety

The LandIR became operational in 1965 as the Lunar Landing Research Facility (LLRF). Construction had begun in 1963 to model lunar gravity to allow Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and other astronauts selected for Apollo missions to train for the final 150 ft (45 m) before landing on the moon.

Melding Old and New Technology: Impact Testing for Crash Safety

• 13 Mar 2023 12:07 PM
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While NASA ponders the fate of the Gantry, tests continue with this unique historic structure.

The NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, has a noteworthy dilemma: to keep and refurbish the Landing and Impact Research (LandIR) facility — typically just called the Gantry — or dismantle the structure that has served as a valuable aircraft and spacecraft testing facility since it was constructed for the Apollo program in the 1960s.

A Workshop That Worked

• 13 Nov 2022 07:47 AM
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While conferences are a great place to deliver information and expose individuals to new technologies, workshops play an important role in advancing these technologies to the next level — the goal being to provide opportunities for more one-on-one collaboration, free and open discussions, and, most importantly, the identification and solving of problems.

Integrated Propulsion: Proving the Promise of Hybrid Air Transport

• 19 Sep 2022 12:00 AM
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Leading engine manufacturers are developing hybrid-electric powerplants for turboprop and turbofan regional airliners for reduced emissions, fuel consumption and operating costs.

US Air Force Tells Congress of Agility Prime Successes

• 16 Sep 2022 01:45 AM
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The US Air Force report to Congress details the overview, approach, milestones, and future plans for the AFWERX Agility Prime program. This new approach is accelerating and adopting dual-use technologies in the Department of the Air Force, specifically for the transformative vertical lift and electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) industry.

NASA’s Electric CTOL Demonstrator

• 06 Jul 2022 09:57 PM
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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell experimental aircraft is testing a commercial four-seat Italian Tecnam P2006T modified as an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) aircraft.

NASA’s LA-8: Generating Public eVTOL Data

• 06 Jul 2022 05:33 PM
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While numerous electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft move toward certification, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is researching how these aircraft operate and interact with an electric-propulsion system.

Electra Acquires Airflow

• 21 Jun 2022 12:31 AM
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Electra.aero and Airflow.aero, two leading manufacturers of hybrid eSTOL aircraft, have joined forces.

magniX Partners with AeroTEC, Air Tindi

• 20 Jun 2022 11:56 PM
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magniX, the Redmond, Washington-based developer of electric power systems, announced on April 28 that it has partnered with AeroTEC and Air Tindi on the NASA Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstrator project.