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Terrafugia's Flying Car Will Now Drive in Hybrid Mode
Jul 19, 2018US-based Terrafugia said that the latest features and systems will be incorporated into the Transition flying car, which is due to come to market in 2019. The new features in the Transition production vehicle, a two-seat auto and ...
Tags: Terrafugia, Flying Car, Hybrid Mode
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FAA Approves CSafe's New RAP ULD Container
Dec 4, 2017CSafe Global has secured approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its new RAP ULD container. Part of the firm’s active and passive cold chain packaging solutions, the new CSafe RAP temperature controlled container ...
Tags: RAP ULD container, container
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Apple May Be Building a Drone Fleet to Help Improve Its Maps
Dec 27, 2016Apple is reportedly putting together a fleet of drones to take to the skies in order to improve its Maps service, Bloomberg reported. The drones will be used to examine street signs, track changes in road layouts and update the database ...
Tags: Apple, Maps service
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Using Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 on Airplane Is Illegal, Says FAA
Sep 20, 2016It turns out that using the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on US airlines is illegal. The Federal Aviation Administration has warned airlines that their passengers shouldn’t be using the Galaxy Note 7 in-flight. The guidance comes after ...
Tags: Samsung Galaxy Note 7, US airlines, illegal, FAA
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LRC Summer Interns Investigate Solid
Aug 30, 2016For the fourth summer in a row, five undergraduate students spent eight weeks at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute learning about solid-state lighting and investigating technology and application issues. The ...
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Alphabet Tests Drones as US Considers New Rules
Aug 4, 2016Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google Inc, is joining tests for drone deliveries, US officials announced on Tuesday, as the White House unveiled accelerated rule-making for commercial unmanned aircraft operations. The announcement at ...
Tags: drone, aircraft operations, Google
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M/A-COM Receives First Production Order for SPAR Tiles in Multifunction Phased Array Radar
Nov 12, 2015M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) says that, following the field trial of the Multifunction ...
Tags: M/A-COM, SPAR Tiles, MPAR radar system
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Researchers Develop LED-based License Plates for Drones
Nov 11, 2015In late July this year, a Chinese tourist surnamed Yang accidentally crashed an unmanned drone into Taipei 101, sparking national security concerns in Taiwan. On average the 508 meter tall landmark of Taipei is hit by three drones per ...
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Joint Achievement List of the 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
Oct 23, 2015The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...
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Boeing Claims to Have Completed The World's First Flight Using 'Green Diesel'
Dec 5, 2014Boeing claims to have completed the world’s first flight using ‘green diesel’, a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test ...
Tags: sustainable biofuel, Service
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Graham Partners Has Acquired Desser Tire & Rubber Co
Aug 25, 2014Private equity firm Graham Partners has acquired Desser Tire & Rubber Co. LLC and its affiliated companies, Aero Wheel & Brake Service Corp. and Cee Bailey’s Aircraft Plastics. Desser is primarily a supplier of aircraft tires and ...
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FAA Saves Money to Improve Lives and Protect The Planet by Participating in The FGC
May 23, 2014Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, in Oklahoma City for saving money, improving lives and protecting the planet by participating in the ...
Tags: Coal Ash, certification
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U.S. Government Is More Conflicted About Cellphones on Planes
Feb 27, 2014It looks like the U.S. government is more conflicted about cellphones on planes than most American travelers. Even as one federal agency considers allowing the calls, another now wants to make sure that doesn't happen. ...
Tags: Transportation regulates, use cellphones, personal electronic devices
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Some of The Flying Objects Being Shown at This Week's Consumer Electronics Show
Jan 9, 2014It's not a bird, not a plane. But it could be someone's personal drone coming to the skies near you. Some of the flying objects being shown at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include items that are for play, personal ...
Tags: personal drone, flying object, Consumer Electronics Show
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Small Drones Will Start Showing off What They Can Do in 2014
Jan 7, 20142014 promises to be the year small drones will start showing off what they can do—at least if the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration comes through with regulations that allow them to take to the air. But there's one first for a ...
Tags: small drones, diminutive robotic aircraft, ice-penetrating radar