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Airbus Shows 3 Futuristic Zero-Emission Concept Aircraft

French aircraft manufacturer Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft which could enter service by 2035. Airbus said these concepts...

Tank Downs Cruise Missile with Hypersonic Smart Bullet

In the "Science Fiction" side of the news, we just got word that the US Air Force is testing a HVP weapon. In laymen's...

TRIPPING: Musk plans to send humans to Mars in next 48 months?

Elon Musk is one of the richest men on planet Earth and according to a statement made recently on  ExploreMars.org Twitch stream, he intends to...

Air Force Tests ‘Robot Dogs’ For Base Security (VIDEO)

After Ford's robot dog Fluffy, it's time for the US Air Force to test "electric pets", this time for base security. If you're a...

Donald Trump Faced Backlash on Saying US War Dead ‘Losers’

The US president, Donald Trump, had to face a strong retaliation by the military lovers on his negative remakes about the war dead. It is...

US Defense Dept. mulls placing China’s Largest Chipmaker SMIC in Trade Blacklist

The US Department of Defense is considering the placement of China’s largest chipmaker SMIC in its trade Entity List. Being listed in the Entity List...

Is the Fuel-Saving Flying-V Airplane the Future of Aviation?

Researchers and engineers from the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) recently conducted a successful test flight of an energy-efficient Flying-V aircraft. Together with a...

Air Force One Getting Ready to Go Supersonic

Air Force One is going supersonic according to Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center. President Trump's airplane is already one of the safest and...

SpaceX is ranked third in the Unicorn List

SpaceX is now ranked third in the list of Unicorn companies, reported CNN. The company is now valued $46 billion and also became the...

SpaceX capsule splashes down to Earth after historic space flight

Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down onboard a SpaceX capsule in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday (August 2). The duo...

Amazon’s Internet-From-Space Kuiper Approved By FCC

Amazon has secured approval for its ambitious Kuiper constellation from the Federal Communications Commission. The plan will see the company launch 3,236 satellites into...

NASA sends Perseverance rover on Mars mission to find ‘ancient life’

NASA launched the Perseverance rover into a seven-month journey to Mars on Thursday (July 30) to search for signs of ancient life and collect...

JetBlue Fights Against Coronavirus With Ultraviolet Cleaning Robot

Robots are slowly starting to creep in each and every aspect of our modern life, and the same goes for the airline industry, as...

Meet Ford’s Robot Dog Fluffy

What's a robot dog Fluffy you asked? Well, if you're already familiarized with Boston Dynamics' work on robot dogs, you'll be glad to hear...

China’s ambitious Tianwen-1 probe successfully begins Mars mission

China began its first interplanetary mission to Mars as a Long March-5 rocket, its largest launch vehicle carrying its Tianwen-1 probe, successfully lifts off...

The Pentagon wants a military space station and signed a contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation

The Department of Defense has quietly awarded a contract for the Sierra Nevada Corporation to turn its Shooting Star cargo spacecraft into a small...

BAE Systems considering alternatives including hybrid, electric power for the Tempest Fighter Jet

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced that General Electric UK, QinetiQ, Collins Aerospace, Thales, Martin-Baker, GKN and Bombardier had joined Team Tempest, the UK’s push...

UAE’s Mars mission probe launches in Japan

A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the United Arab Emirates’ Mars mission spacecraft launched Monday morning from the Tanegashima Space Center on a small island...

PANG: What We Know About France’s Next-Gen Aircraft Carrier

In the coming days, French President Macron is expected to give the "go ahead" to the French Navy's new generation aircraft carrier (Porte-Avions de...