Intel unveils 'Ready to Fly' drone development kit so you can design and build your own flying robots - IT PRO [feedly]






Intel unveils 'Ready to Fly' drone development kit so you can design and build your own flying robots

IT PRO

You'll soon be able to easily build your own drone from scratch thanks to Intel, which has announced a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform called the 'Ready to Fly' kit. Offering everything you need to get your own ... "Aero supports several in ...

Intel Releases New Aero Drone (INTC)Investopedia

Russia's MC-21: A Boon For MRO providers? - MRO Network [feedly]




Russia's MC-21: A Boon For MRO providers?MRO Network
Last Friday's (August 12) news that Russia's Irkut MC-21 jet is about to undergo static testing on its fuselage pushed the aircraft another step closer to entering the competitive narrowbody jet market. Pitched as a rival to the dominant A320 and the ...

Weekly analyst report: Hold on Bombardier [feedly]

Weekly analyst report: Hold on Bombardier
https://leehamnews.com/2016/08/17/weekly-analyst-report-hold-bombardier/



Goldman Sachs worries about wide-body production rates and overall supply and demand. Morgan Stanley also points to supply-demand.

New Nukes For NATO [feedly]

New Nukes For NATO
http://aviationweek.com/blog/new-nukes-nato

The modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons includes the stationing of new B61-12 gravity bombs in Germany.

EU agencies release tenders for UAV coastal monitoring [feedly]

EU agencies release tenders for UAV coastal monitoring
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/eu-agencies-release-tenders-for-uav-coastal-monitori-428588/

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has released a request for proposals (RfP) to contract unmanned air vehicle services for coastal monitoring across the European Union.

UK MoD orders third Zephyr-S UAV pseudosatellite from Airbus Defence and Space [feedly]

UK MoD orders third Zephyr-S UAV from Airbus Defence and Space
http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsuk-mod-orders-third-zephyr-s-uav-from-airbus-defence-and-space-4982503

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed an order with Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) for a Zephyr-S unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

USAF establishes industry partnerships for aircraft research and development [feedly]

USAF establishes industry partnerships for aircraft research and development
http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsusaf-establishes-industry-partnerships-for-aircraft-research-and-development-4982518

The US Air Force (USAF) is signing cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) with industry partners to conduct airworthiness assessments on non-Defense Department military type aircraft.

World's biggest offshore wind farm gets go ahead [feedly]

The UK Secretary of State for Energy has given approval for what will be the biggest offshore windfarm in the world. Hornsea Project Two is the second site of the Hornsea offshore project in the UK, and will comprise up to 300 turbines with a total capacity of up to 1.8 GW.

.. Continue Reading World's biggest offshore wind farm gets go ahead

[video] World's largest aircraft (hibrid blimp-lifting body) completes its first flight. Airlander 10 First Flight



The giant blimp-like Airlander 10 spent 20 minutes in the air on Wednesday, after months of flight preparations and years of searching for funding, and landed safely at Cardington Airfield north of London.


Part airship, part helicopter, part plane, the 300-feet long aircraft is about 50 feet longer than the world's biggest passenger planes. continue reading in: http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/17/technology/airlander-10-largest-aircraft-flight/






OPINION: Airbus's endless battle to make the A380 a success [feedly]

OPINION: Airbus's endless battle to make the A380 a success
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/opinion-airbuss-endless-battle-to-make-the-a380-a-428501/

Airbus's A380 headaches turned into a migraine at the Farnborough air show last month when the manufacturer was forced to bow to the inevitable and reveal that production of the double-deck type will fall to one per month in 2018.

DARPA seeks technologies for protection against sUAS threats [feedly]

DARPA seeks technologies for protection against sUAS threats
http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsdarpa-seeks-technologies-for-protection-against-suas-threats-4978557

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking research proposals on novel technologies that provide protection against airborne threats.