Neil Armstrong’s Lost Spaceplane Points to Today’s Secret Orbital Race
When the hardware is in place, pilots have been selected, and it feels like it just couldn’t happen in its…
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America Hit Mach 9.6, Then Shelved the Mach 15 Follow-Up
“Scramjet-powered vehicles are envisioned to operate at speeds up to at least Mach 15,” NASA said after this program for…
Why America’s Mach 3 Valkyrie Never Became a Real Bomber
What if you design an aircraft that can’t be outwitted or outrun in the sky, but the sky changes before…
Why 4,000 Missiles Still Couldn’t Stop the SR-71
When getting a glimpse of a missile attack, one of the most bizarre engagement strategies of the SR-71 Blackbird was…
SkyeBrowse Turns Drone Models Into Clickable Walkthroughs for Faster Decisions
How does any 3D CAD model benefit if the users are still making an educated guess on what they are…
Motorola’s $1.5 Billion Drone Defense Bet Targets a Security Gap
Airspace used to be the part of a security plan that stayed politely out of frame. Motorola Solutions’ planned $1.5…
Alien Planet Winds Hit 15,000 MPH and Expose Hidden Magnetic Shields
How is an invisible magnetic field observed around a planet, so far away that it is several tens or hundreds…
FAA Grounds Starship After Booster Burn Fails Mid-Descent
The new delay for Starship isn’t really another test test just because the starship has left the realm of being…
Why Police Drones Need Radar Before Airspace Gets Riskier
The idea of deploying more public safety drones may seem simple until you start to think about the problems inherent…