Monthly Archives: May 2014

Strong growth in exports helped reduce the U.S. trade deficit in March, but the numbers show some troubling trends remain.

Engineers typically model airflow in environments with computational fluid-dynamics (CFD) software. But most CFD models force designers to manually map the meshes that define the environment’s boundaries. The user has to guess where to refine meshes and assume the meshes … Continue reading →

Collection of 350 planes were built over a 50-year period by an anonymous and ‘reclusive’ elderly man He created the aircraft on a strict scale of 1:72, giving each a wingspan of just over eight inches The collection features plans … Continue reading →

Forget that nonsense about Amazon delivering your purchases by drone. The latest in autonomous aircraft technology could be delivering gear and people for the military in a few years—and if the Federal Aviation Administration ever figures out how to accommodate … Continue reading →

Unlike the past month, last week saw an overflowing cornucopia of IT-related malfunctions, errors and complications. We start off this week’s edition of IT Hiccups with a strange story that has followed in the wake of a major air traffic … Continue reading →

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla – . – To the fanfare of a Marine bandand in the presence of helicopter royalty, Sikorsky rolled out the first flying CH-53K heavy-lift test helicopter Monday, moments after Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine … Continue reading →

Autonomous Avionics, a new US company that sells small unmanned air vehicles and related components, has opened its doors in an effort to capitalise on the expected growth of the domestic commercial UAV market. President Bernie Hoffman tells Flightglobal he … Continue reading →