Malik to strengthen Franco-Indian ties -- the Indians would love to have access to France's advanced combat aircraft technology.
With current aircraft technology, it takes me something on the order or 24-25 hours actually aboard an aircraft to reach where my family lives in Texas.
It joins the US Marines famed V-22 Osprey as the second such aircraft on earth and is the first unmanned aircraft packing the technology.
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The two companies, working independently, are each working on a process use 3-D printing to manufacture some of the more delicate parts of aircraft, according to Technology Review.
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Northrop is moving away from military aircraft into defence-information technology.
Aircraft installations of the new technology will typically take place overnight and will require the installation of two antennas, one on each side of the aircraft, installation of a second modem and a software upgrade.
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An American company, protecting American oil companies and American citizens, uses aircraft with advanced night-vision technology to track guerrilla movements.
Darius is now earning his aircraft mechanics license at the Tennessee Technology Center and plans to attend college before taking a job with FedEx, and Wesley is studying at Middle Tennessee State University.
The aircraft had a multi-role capability with advance weaponry, the latest camera technology for intelligence gathering and short take off capability for aircraft carrier duties.
Technology for the new Chinese aircraft industry is being obtained through the use of joint ventures.
Hawker Beechcraft has kept the aircraft simple and reliable while adding advanced technology to improve efficiency, safety and functionality.
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The FS-X agreement does not provide for the transfer of manufacturing technology for engines to power the new aircraft.
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It contained details on refined plasma actuator technology, which uses ionized gas to improve aircraft control.
But tests with a mock-up produced such a negative reaction that the company all but dropped the technology, except for use in military refuelling aircraft.
New cars can park themselves and warn you about obstacles behind you, and similar technology is expanding into the next generation of business aircraft.
Second, building large, complex aircraft like bombers -- particularly those featuring sophisticated low observable technology -- from a cold and dissipated industrial base invites significant, costly operational problems with the finished planes.
Yet there remains a powerful bureaucratic resistance to the development of a technology which could make a generation of much-loved aircraft irrelevant.
Virgin America was the first airline to install the new technology and currently plans to roll out the service on more aircraft in the months ahead.
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The Navy always brings the best technology as fast as it can to the ships, submarines and aircraft in order to maintain their competitive advantage.
But whereas existing equipment must be left behind if the aircraft goes down and the pilot becomes separated -- now they can take the technology on the hoof.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University have estimated the impact on the ground of emissions from aircraft flying at cruise altitude (about 35, 000 feet), a problem typically ignored by regulations.
Even a cursory assessment of the hurdles unmanned aircraft must overcome before they can displace human pilots from the performance of most military missions suggests the technology has been oversold.
The new technology includes three industry-leading innovations: the addition of directional antennas and dual modems on each aircraft and the deployment of EV-DO Rev.
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What the NTSB uncovers regarding the FAA's safety certification program could have important implications for the agency's ability to handle other technology challenges, including the transition to a new air traffic control system and the introduction of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace, said Jim Hall, a former safety board chairman.
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