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Science and technologyNot only airplanes. Airships: Russia continues with "UFO program" over Lenin's birthplace
Ulyanovsk, Russia - Five-year plan to develop a "Flying saucer" that can carry 600 tons or 11 thousand passengers
Russia has launched a program to build a powerful, multi-purpose airship that will certainly cause many UFO reports. This time, though, the words “Flying saucer” are not inappropriate at all. The fir... more
Science and technologyChinese-Czech solar power station opens
Prague, Czech Republic - 35 megawatt capacity, at 20 km from Prague
The largest solar power station in the Czech Republic opened on yesterday in the village of Veprek, some 20 kilometers north of Prague. It has been built with a strong help from China: in fact, the key... more
Science and technologyIndia to build world's largest solar telescope
New Delhi, India - Will cost 31 mln Dollars, built in Ladakh desert
India is to build the world's largest solar telescope in the India-controlled Kashmir's cold desert region of Ladakh at an estimated cost of 31 million US dollars, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics... more
Science and technology"Cri-Cri", the all-electric aircraft, flew today for seven minutes
Paris, France - EADS is exploring technologies for environmentally friendly air travel with other research projects
The all electric Cri-Cri, jointly developed by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association has made its official maiden flight at Le Bourget airport near Paris on... more
Science and technologyFirst Canadian Arctic satellite station inaugurated
Ottawa, Canada - Made in partnership with German Aerospace Center, joins a Sweden-Norway-Alaska network
Opened on Tuesday the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility (ISSF), Canada's first Arctic satellite station, which will boost data collection in the region. ISSF, in Northwest Territories, can receive near... more
Science and technologyAerion, a supersonic business plane for rich Concorde nostalgics
Reno, USA - Commissioning in 2015, it will cost over 80 mln USD
Straight-winged, naturally flowing design, with proven engines Pratt & Whitney. This synthesis of Aerion NFL (or SBJ, Supersonic business jet) the plane that wants to be the author of the revival of commercial... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse entra nella storia: riuscito primo volo notturno di un aereo a energia solare
Payerne, Svizzera - Per una durata di 26 ore e nove minuti
Il Solar Impulse HB-SIA, con ai comandi André Borschberg, è atterrato con successo questa mattina alle ore 9 tra la gioia di una folla di sostenitori accorsi a celebrare questo importante traguardo. André Bo... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse: night flight successfully...
Payerne, Switzerland - The solar energy stored during the day has been more than sufficient to continue to fly until this morning
At 06:51 yesterday morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with André Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, at the controls. The flight, powered only... more
Science and technology70 pre-orders for Terrafugia, the "Airplane-car" (Video)
Boston , USA - The roadable aircraft get an order backlog of $14 mln
Terrafugia, a Woburn company, near Boston, has received an FAA exemption, allowing it to build the first flying car. The Terrafugia Transition® is a prototype vehicle designed by 5 MIT graduates. The... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse plane has taken off for its first night flight (Video)
Payerne, Swizerland - At 6:51 this morning with André Borscherg at the controls
At 06:51 this morning, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA took off from the Payerne airbase with André Borscherg, CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project, at the controls. "For 7 years now, the whole... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse attempts the first solar-powered night flight by airplane
Payerne, Switzerland - The transmitter of the telemetry system has been replaced
The transmitter of the telemetry system found to be not working properly on Thursday morning and putting a stop to the planned flight has now been replaced. The Solar Impulse HB-SIA should now again be... more
Science and technologyGarbage make a clean flight of airplanes
London, UK - First "Zero eco-impact" jet fuel only for British Airways by Solena
Agreement between British Airways, the US Solena and Italian NextEnergy Capital, a merchant bank specialized in renewable energies. The agreement provides for the exclusive supply - among airlines -... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse aircraft first night flight attempt postponed
Payerne, Switzerland - A new one will be foreseen as soon as possible
This morning at 06h45, the Solar Impulse Mission Team had to take the difficult decision to postpone the first night flight attempt for the airplane powered by solar energy. The problem comes from the... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse airplane will take-off for its first night flight tomorrow
Payerne, Switzerland - The confirmation has arrived
The weather conditions were favourable for attempting the first night flight on the Solar Impulse, the solar energy airplane. The situation continues to look good and the likelihood of seeing the HB-SIA... more
Science and technologyA new aero-diesel engine, developed and tested in Italy by BRD
Parma, Italy - Powering a Cessna T210L Centurion and helicopter
A new aero-diesel engine, developed by BRD Research & Development Center, is currently being tested in Italy. Based on company's heritage in advanced diesel solutions, it is a 220hp 4cyl turbocharged liquid-cooled... more
Science and technology"Cri-Cri", the all-electric aircraft in Le Bourget
Paris, France - During the "Green Aviation Show" from June 18-22
Innovation and eco-efficiency are the buzzwords at EADS. Following the flight of an aircraft powered by algae-based fuel, EADS is now tackling the new challenge of a zero-emission propellant. Partnered... more
Science and technologySpanish minister at the Indra center of aeronautic simulation
San Fernando de Hena, Spain - Indra center announced a new contract with the Chinese company Hainan
Spain's Minister of Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, was introduced on Thursday to the A-320 simulator during her visit to Indra’s Centre of Excellence of Aeronautics Simulation in San Fernando d... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse airplane gets ready to fly day and night
Payerne, Switzerland - After its first successful flight on April 7, 2010
Since its first successful flight on April 7, 2010, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA has completed 8 tests flights. These have enabled to optimize the aircraft and allowed the pilots to familiarize themselves... more
Science and technologyNext week NASA will launch the mission to study Arctic ice
Los Angeles, USA - They will sample the ocean waters to make prevision on climate changes
NASA next week launches its first dedicated oceanographic research mission to study the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean. More than 40 scientists will spend five weeks at sea on board "The Healy", sampling... more
Science and technologyUSA: USD 8 billion to upgrade GPS
Washington, USA - In order to make it even more precise and reliable
In United States a USD 8 billion investment has been destined to make more precise and reliable the navigation a positioning satellite systems (GPS). Works are getting very near and the US Army is charged... more
Science and technologyScientific debate about body-scanner effects
San Francisco, Usa - Radiation could be more than previsions and damaging for genes
Within 2011 only in the USA about 1000 full-body scanner should be installed, machines using X-rays to effect much more accurate than metal detector controls, which last months began to be hosted in international... more
Science and technologySpaceLand inaugurates in Olbia the first zero gravity flight in Italy
Olbia , Italy - From June 2010 it will be possible to join a tourist weightless flight in Italy
Being able of experiencing the excitement of traveling in space is something may have dreamed for ages, but is also something non just anybody can afford. Now it is finally possible experiencing the sensation... more
Science and technology"Hannover Messe 2010", state of art in industrial technology opens today
Hannover, Germany - Italy will be the event's partner country
That is defined the leading exhibition about the state of art for industrial technology, held in Hannover, Germany, has opened today 19th of April and will last for all the week until 23th. "Better, faster,... more
Science and technologySuccessful maiden flight for Solar Impulse plane
Payerne, Switzerland - This morning at 10:27, the HB-SIA took off from Payerne airfield
Under the eyes of thousands of spectators from all over Switzerland, Solar Impulse HB-SIA slowly climbed up to 1200 meters. The next 87 minutes Solar Impulse test pilot Markus Scherdel spent familiarizing... more
Science and technologyTomorrow the maiden flight for Solar Impulse airplane
Payerne, Switzerland - Following to the ground tests conducted over the last few days
Tomorrow, 7 April 2010, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA protoype, the airplane powered by sun energy, will take off for the first time for its long flight from Payerne. Following the ground tests conducted over... more
Science and technologyA new official partner for Solar Impulse airplane: Bayer Material Science
Payerne, Switzerland - Innovative materials for long-range day and night flights powered by only the sun
Bayer Material Science (BMS) has become an official partner of the Solar Impulse project. Its founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are developing the first manned aircraft aiming to fly around... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse, the airplane powered by solar energy, prepares to fly
Payerne, Switzerland - Following the first take-off last December
Following the first take-off last December, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype enters a new test phase on March 30, which should lead by this summer to the first night flights of an aircraft fuelled uniquely... more
Science and technologyNew advanced simulators to improve pilot's performance during critic situations
Washington , Usa - It was emphasized by American journal "Usa Today"
More frequently they emphasize the nee to use flight simulator device during training that are really modern, last generation. In fact, many pilots are still today trained on older simulator that can't... more
Science and technologyLightning striking airplane may cause strong radiation?
Melbourne, Australia - The "Journal for Geophysical Research" warns the sector by a s study
The "Journal for Geophysical Research-Atmospheres" produced a study conducted by Joseph Dwyer of the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, hypothesizing that radiations received while flying near... more
Science and technologyBoeing conducted studies on fatigue risk management
Seattle, Usa - On Chinese, European, American companies' crew to evaluate productivity and alertness
Results of a study conducted by Boeing came out, initially conceived for the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC), surveying usefulness of a system of fatigue risk management on air crews. The model,... more
Science and technologyJVC Xpol 3D lcd TV: a solution for every 3D format
Rome, Italy - A full HD monitor by JVC suits both 3D content production standards
3D lcd monitor using Xpol circular polarizing method by JVC answers both demands of 3D content production and the newly developing needs of other industries. A large screen (46 inches) compatible with... more
Science and technologyNew design for Terrafugia's flying car
Woburn, USA - To be unveiled in July
Terrafugia, manufacturer of the Transition roadable aircraft (a flying car), will unveil in July a new design for its innovative project. As explained by "Flightglobal", the vehicle will be lengthened... more
Science and technologyThe first Italian and European aircraft powered by hydrogen is ready for flight
Reggio Emilia, Italy - The ENFICA-FC project has a cost of EUR 4,5 million of which 2,9 by EC
"The first high speed taxiing tests were successfully carried out on the Rapid 200-FC 'Zero emission' aircraft between 10 and 18 December of last year. The next step for the European team, coordinated... more
Science and technologyEtihad offers new iPhone app to Etihad Guest members
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - They will be allowed to change their miles in prizes
Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates today launched a new iPhone application for members of its Etihad Guest club. With this tool the carrier's passengers will be allowed to immediately convert their... more
Science and technologySolar Impulse Swiss emblem at Copenhagen conference
Lausanne, Switzerland - It will be presented on December 18
Bertrand Piccard and his partner André Borschberg will travel today to the Copenhagen Summit as Swiss delegates for Advanced Technology, in the train of Moritz Leuenberger, head of the Swiss Federal Department... more
Science and technologyFirst flight for the Solar Impulse, sun-powered aircraft
Dübendorf, Switzerland - The HB-SIA took off today from Dübendorf, Switzerland
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel, today left the ground for the first time from Dübendorf airfield, Switzerland. The results of the ground tests conducted... more
Science and technology"Solar Impulse": the prototype of the solar aircraft tomorrow will be leaving its hangar at Dübendorf
Zurich, Switzerland - It will undergo initial series of tests involving first its four engines
"Weather permitting, tomorrow the HB-SIA prototype of the Solar Impulse (aircraft powered by solar energy) will be leaving its hangar at Dübendorf aerodrome near Zurich. It will undergo initial series... more
Science and technology"Solar Impulse": the solar aircraft has been handed over to the test team last Monday
Lausanne, Switzerland - They will take place between November 2 and December 20, 2009, depend on weather conditions
"After spending the summer on the finishing and fine-tuning of their airplane, Bertrand Piccard, André Borschberg and their team will be rolling out the prototype Solar Impulse HB-SIA from its construction... more
Science and technologyProblems for new FAA computers
Washington, USA - The system confused two airplanes in Salt Lake City airport
The new FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) computer systems failed in the first attempt to use them at an air traffic control center in Salt Lake City, Utah, raising doubts about the possibility to... more
Science and technologyFirst flight of Antares DLR-H2, unique hydrogen airplane with crew
Hamburg, Germany - Ten minutes of test for the aircraft with zero CO2 emissions
On 7 July 2009, Antares DLR-H2, the world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking off using only power from fuel cells, demonstrated this capability at Hamburg Airport. Antares DLR-H2 has been developed... more
Science and technology"Solar Impulse", sun-powered aircraft, unveiled in Switzerland
Duebendorf, Switzerland - Piccard: "It will demonstrate the effectiveness of renewable energies"
The "Solar Impulse", sun-powered aircraft realized by Bertrand Piccard, has been presented today at Duebendorf airfield, Switzerland. 22-meters long, with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and weighing as a... more
Science and technologySunLight Eagle in flight, the solar-powered aircraft
Manassas, USA - It is a derivative of an earlier human-powered aircraft, the MIT Light Eagle
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it has successfully flown the SunLight Eagle, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft. The flights took place at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center operated... more
Science and technologyEADS Defence&Security supplies new BÜR radars
Cologne, Germany - For the ground surveillance and low altitude movements
EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip the German Armed Forces with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR – Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes wit... more
Science and technologyTelit will realize wireless communication systems for Eurocopter
Trieste, Italy - Within an international R&D project
The Italian company Telit announced that it will develop a wireless communication system for Eurocopter within an international research and development (R&D) project for the production of monitor and... more
Science and technologyBiofuel for the American fighters
Washington, USA - The research of the Department of Defense to reduce reliance on foreign oil
The American Department of Defense, through its Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is studying the possibility to use biofuel for military vehicles, in particular for fighter aircraft and non-nuclear... more
Science and technologyRussia: a computer will assist pilots during take off
Moscow, Russia - The new device successfully passed all the tests
A new take off computer assistance system has undergone Russian pilots' functional tests, obtaining extremely positive feedback. The new device monitors all the parameters gathering them in a single control... more
Science and technologyAlso Lockheed Martin in DASH7 Alliance
Mountain View, USA - A step forward in wireless technology
Also Lockheed Martin will be part of the DASH7 Alliance, together with Michelin, Texas Instruments, Savi and other companies. The initiative will be supported by the US Department of Energy through three... more
Science and technologyItalian CIRA: European wind tunnel together in a business organization
Capua, Italy - The delegates gathered today and tomorrow in Caserta
"Delegates of researches Board and European industries of aeronautical sector, members of the European Wind Tunnel Association (EWA), gathered in these days (March 12 and 13) in Caserta to close, in an... more
Science and technologyUS government released up to 25 million dollars for research in biofuels
Washington, Usa - Air transport association applauds funding announcement
US government released up to 25 million dollars for research in biofuels, including those for aviation. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading... more
Science and technology"Valentino": the electrical engine that powers "SkySpark"
Turin, Italy - Constructed by Turin's Sicme Motori
"Sicme Motori is one of the technological partner of 'SkySpark' (www.skyspark.eu), a project-team that is to designing and building a complete ecological aircraft in order to set a world record. All systems... more