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'Little Ripper' Drone Helps Rescue Two Swimmers In Australia

Called The First Such Rescue By Drone Ever Recorded

Lifeguards from the Australian Lifeguard Service were preparing for a training session to familiarize themselves with the UAV equipment that is forming a key part of a new partnership between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Surf Life Saving NSW as part of the government’s $16 million shark mitigation strategy when a call came through of two distressed swimmers.

Global Aerospace Launches Innovative Aircraft Breakdown Assistance Program

Designed Specifically For Light Aircraft Operators

Aerospace insurance provided Global Aerospace has launched a new Aircraft Breakdown Assistance program available to its U.S. light aircraft policyholders at no additional cost. Savvy Aviation, a professional maintenance management, consulting and breakdown assistance company for owner-flown general aviation airplanes, supports the program for Global Aerospace.

New SOFIA Observations Help Unravel Mysteries Of The Birth Of Colossal Suns

Studying Stars Ten Times The Mass Of Our Sun

Astronomers are observing star-forming regions in our galaxy with NASA’s flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, to understand the processes and environments required to create the largest known stars, which tip the scales at ten times the mass of our own Sun or more.

Flying Ambulances Key To Aeromedical Evacuation

Carrying Injured Service Members From The Battlefield 'All The Way Home'

The morning starts early with an alert about four hours before takeoff. Members of the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron begin several mandatory tasks before boarding the aircraft. Nurses go over mission details, as medical technicians pack more than a thousand pounds of equipment on a flatbed that is ready to load onto the plane. They must take all their usual gear including bandages, intravenous fluid, regulators, defibrillators, suction units and various other pieces of medical equipment. They take these supplies partially as a precaution, as they don’t know what they may need to keep patients stable in the air above the Middle East.

First SAGE III Lunar Data Now Available To The Public

Spacecraft Collects Lunar Observations After The Sun Has Set

The first set of lunar data collected from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III), a NASA instrument that launched to the International Space Station in February 2017, is now available for public use.

Wings Over The Rockies Plans Boeing Blue Sky Gallery

Unique Campus At Centennial Airport To Open This Summer

After more than a decade of planning and fundraising, Wings Over the Rockies (Wings), an aerospace focused Colorado non-profit, is proud to announce its unique to the nation entertainment and education campus, Exploration of Flight.

Leonardo To Lead OCEAN2020 Program

The First And Most Important European Defence Agency Research Tender For Naval Surveillance Technology

Leonardo has been awarded the most important project related to the first European Defence Found’s initiative, OCEAN2020, to boost Europe's defence capabilities, issued by the European Union under the ‘Preparatory Action on Defence Research’ program. The competitive selection was conducted by the European Defence Agency and will be contracted in the coming weeks.