Monthly Archives: January 2017

Mr. President, Cancel the F-35

Our incoming president’s willingness to boldly challenge the status quo is arguably the main reason he was elected. And no defense project is more representative of a disastrous status quo than the 20-year-old Joint Strike Fighter program — the F-35. … Continue reading

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Boeing jet sales fell by 100 last year, but it outdelivered Airbus

Boeing delivered 748 jets last year, 14 fewer than in 2015 but still enough to leave it well ahead of rival Airbus in 2016 production. However, overall sales for the year slumped despite a year-end rush that saw it book … Continue reading

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Boeing to Supply 75 737 MAX 8 Jets to GE Capital Aviation

Leading commercial aircraft maker The Boeing Company BA received an order for the 737 MAX 8 airplanes from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric GE . Details of the Deal The … Continue reading

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Why car and tech companies have different visions for self-driving cars

For much of the 2010s, Google was the only company putting serious resources into the technology underpinning self-driving cars. That started to change in 2016, as almost every major automaker announced technology partnerships to develop their self-driving capabilities. In 2017, … Continue reading

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ISIL’s Virtual Planners: A Critical Terrorist Innovation

On December 19, Anis Amri plowed a hijacked truck through the Christmas market in one of Berlin’s main public squares, killing 12 people. The following day, the Amaq News Agency of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) … Continue reading

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Students build drone to help catch poachers

Robotics team members, from left, Riley Scherer, Hunter Nixdorf and Tucker Adkins talk about the surveillance drone they built. The styrofoam airplane can fly for nearly an hour while shooting video and was designed to disrupt poaching.  Article source: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/students-build-drone-to-help-catch-poachers/article_9e8eb3ba-57b9-5ad8-972d-9d8ce3d666db.html

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FAA Issues Airworthiness Directives for Gulfstream Model G-IV, GIV-X, GV-SP, Model GV Airplanes

Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 — The Federal Aviation Administration published the following proposed rule in the Federal Register on airworthiness directives for Gulfstream Aerospace model airplanes (Document C . . . Targeted News Service Document Request Form This … Continue reading

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