All articles by Rob Coppinger
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Does US need $1bn hypersonic test area after HTV-2 failure?
DARPA is poring over the data from its latest hypersonic test flight
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Spinning disc flight tests planned for 2010
Researchers in the UK hope to achieve "powered, Frisbee-like flight" with a spinning disc concept for miniature unmanned air vehicles.
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Cloud computing to enable virtual development
Physical prototypes of jet engine components could belong to the past, thanks to an industrial design and modelling study that found cloud computing techniques...
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EBACE: A distant boom?
While US efforts to develop supersonic civil transport are stalled, the European Union has completed a five-year project to realise a faster-than-sound business jet
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Cryosat: a decade long journey for industry
Conceived as Europe's idea of a cheaper and faster mission, the CryoSat ice-mapping satellite became a decade-long saga.
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UK starts $47 million ASTRAEA II UAV project
A UK unmanned air vehicle sense-and-avoid project will continue with a £30.5 million ($46.9 million) second stage, 18 months after its £32 million first...
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USAF seeks reusable booster concepts
Ideas for developing and operating a semi-reusable launcher that uses its engines to "rocket-back" for a gliding landing at the launch site have been requested by the US Air Force.
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ASH CLOUD:The dangers from ash
No-one knows how much ash is needed before an engine is damaged or it catastrophically fails. Aircraft radars cannot detect ash clouds and therefore there...
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Obama resurrects Orion as escape capsule
Ten weeks after president Barack Obama's NASA plan cancelled the agency's $4.3 billion Orion crew exploration vehicle, Congressional pressure has forced...
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USAF to expand Boeing X-51A Waverider programme
The US Air Force plans to add up to six more test flights of Boeing's expendable X-51A Waverider hypersonic scramjet vehicle, in preparation for an operational...
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Can the Sun alone power flight?
Solar cells and batteries have improved to such a degree that continuous manned five-day flight now looks possible
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The future is electric for general aviation
Biofuels and fuel cells are touted as the future sources of power for flight but batteries are now on the cusp of commercial breakthrough
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Brock Technologies' Spear UAV completes flight demonstrations
Brock Technologies' Spear unmanned air vehicle completed a series of flight demonstrations between January and March with payloads ranging from 2.27kg (5lb)...
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UK space agency raises industry hopes
The UK space industry is hoping for progress on emergency mobile networks, Earth observation, broadband internet and a technology programme following the...
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Space Shuttle likely to continue into 2011 says NASA
"Uncontrolled events" are likely to push the final Space Shuttle flight back by about four months and into 2011, according to internal NASA studies. As...
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Lockheed's Athena re-enters small payload market
Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have teamed up to enter the small launcher market. Services will be available from 2012 using a new version...
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShiptwo makes first captive flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo prototype Virgin SpaceShip Enterprise has made its first captive carry flight mated with its WhiteKnight Two carrier aircraft....
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UK launches own space agency
The UK has launched its first central body to fund civil spaceflight activities and represent the country on international bodies and within the European...
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Dampen ground noise with water injection
Spraying water into the rear-engine exhaust plume of a Lockheed Martin F-16 significantly reduces ground level noise, the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory's...
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Lange Aviation plans fuel cell UAV demonstrator
Electric-powered flight pioneer Lange Aviation is developing a fuel cell-powered unmanned...