Electric air taxi company Archer plans $118M Georgia factory
A California company seeking to build small electric aircraft says it will invest $118 million to construct a plant near Atlanta, eventually hiring up to 1,000 people.
Nov 15, 2022
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Business
Brazil's Embraer announces 3rd quarter loss
Brazilian plane-maker Embraer announced on Monday a third quarter loss of 160.4 million reais ($30.2 million) due to falling revenue in its defense and security sectors.
Nov 14, 2022
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Business
China unveils new orders for homegrown passenger jet
China announced Wednesday hundreds of new orders for its first domestically manufactured large passenger jet, with the aircraft poised to make its commercial debut early next year.
Nov 9, 2022
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Automotive
China shows off newly approved passenger jet at major airshow
China on Tuesday showed off its first domestically produced large passenger jet after the aircraft was approved by regulators, unveiling the C919 at a major airshow.
Nov 8, 2022
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Engineering
New tech solves longstanding challenges for self-healing materials
Engineering researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service. This latest technology resolves two longstanding challenges ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft to collect key environmental data
Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft are set to carry out aerial surveys of Antarctica—gathering crucial data on changes to the region's environment and wildlife—as part of new research with engineers from the University ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Engineering
Combining 3D printing and sensors for safer, cheaper flying
The aeronautical industry has transitioned to the use of advanced composite materials because of their lightweight properties, strength and durability. Together with increased aircraft productivity and performance, using ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Robotics
Engineers study bird flight with an eye toward improving uncrewed drones
People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air remains mysterious. A new study, published Sept. 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uses modeling ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Why the aviation industry must look beyond carbon to get serious about climate change
Commercial aviation has become a cornerstone of our economy and society. It allows us to rapidly transport goods and people across the globe, facilitates over a third of all global trade by value, and supports 87.7 million ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Green aviation takes wing with electric aircraft designs
With the overall rapid growth of air travel, aircraft design is ripe for decarbonization, but widespread electric flight requires better batteries and lightweight systems.
Aug 31, 2022
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Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift (as with balloons, blimps and dirigibles) or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil (as with vehicles that plane the air with wings in a straight manner, such as airplanes and gliders, or vehicles that generate lift with wings in a rotary manner, such as helicopters or gyrocopters).
Although rockets and missiles also travel through the atmosphere, they are not considered aircraft because they use rocket thrust instead of aerodynamic loading as the primary means of lift. A cruise missile relies on a lifting wing throughout the majority of its flight regime.
The human activity which surrounds aircraft is called aviation. Manned aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot. Unmanned aerial vehicles may be [[remotely controlled or self-controlled by onboard computers. Target drones are an example of UAVs.
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