Uncovers More Small Worlds In Habitable Zones

How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150,000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date has offered scientists an assortment of more than 4,000 candidate planets for further study -- the 1,000th of which was recently verified.

777 Freighters Key In Airline's Growth As Major World Air Cargo Operator

Boeing and Qatar Airways have finalized an order for four 777 Freighters, valued at $1.24 billion at current list prices. The airline also has purchase rights for four additional airplanes, which when exercised will bring the combined value to $2.46 billion.

National Aircraft Resale Association’s 2nd Annual Business Aviation Scholarship Program Awards More Than $23,000 To Five Students 

The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) Business Aviation Scholarship program has awarded $23,820 in scholarships to five deserving students, the association said in a news release. NARA initiated the scholarship awards last year with donated funds coming from Brokers/Dealers and Products and Services members.

Will Lead Development Of Benefits And Products For Businesses

The National Air Transportation Association is pleased to announce the selection of Timothy R. Obitts as the association’s Senior Vice President for Business Development, Membership & General Counsel.

Will Provide Eight Full-Flight Simulators And Training Services For Various Airlines

CAE has sold eight full-flight simulators (FFSs) to customers in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Increased Flight Hours And Aircraft Availability Provide Commanders With More ISR Assets

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series continued to prove their value to U.S. government agencies by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before.

Will Produce And Add Enhancements To ACTS

Cubic Corporation has been awarded a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to produce and add enhancements to the Air Combat Training System (ACTS) of the F-35 fighter jet, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Rate Sensors And Stall Warning Accelerometer Among Latest Products

Commercial and military aircraft support system manufacturer Butler National Corporation has introduced two new component solutions for sale for Learjets.

Hypersonic In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that is highly supersonic. Since the 1970s, the term has generally been assumed to refer to speeds of Mach 5 and above. The precise Mach number at which a craft can be said to be flying at hypersonic speed varies, since individual physical changes in the airflow (like molecular dissociation and ionization) occur at different speeds; these effects collectively become important around Mach 5. The hypersonic regime is often alternatively defined as speeds where ramjets do not produce net thrust. 

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"There are at least two Global Hawks in the air at all times providing indispensable ISR information to those that need it. The 2014 fiscal year was the most active yet for the Global Hawk, with a 40 percent year over year increase in flight hours." Source: Mick Jaggers, Global Hawk UAS program director, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, as the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series continued to prove their value to U.S. government agencies by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before.