miércoles, 23 de abril de 2025

African Space Agency Inauguration Marks a New Era for Africa

Recently, the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) have come together to inaugurate the African Space Agency in Cairo, Egypt.

A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding with @esa.int is among the first steps toward joint space initiatives.







Virginia National Guard Pilot Wrongly Identified as Involved in DC Midair Collision Sues for Defamation

Matthew Wallace, a cryptocurrency influencer with 2.3 million followers on the social media platform X, as the pilot. Wallace posted photos of her and said Ellis was driven by a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to conduct what he called a possible "trans terror attack."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/virginia-national-guard-pilot-wrongly-identified-involved-dc-midair-collision-sues-defamation.html



NGAD’s Images Might Not Show Any Real Feature of the F-47

The images showing the F-47 have been heavily edited and may not hold any resemblance to the real aircraft. The two existing images of the Boeing F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft have been heavily edited to hide most, if not all, of its real design features, according to U.S. Air Force and industry officials […]


https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/21/ngad-images-edited/ 


Lockheed Martin Plans ‘Supercharged’ F-35 to Compete Against Boeing F-47

Company CEO Jim Taiclet claims that by applying advanced technologies to the F-35, 80% of the F-47's capability can be achieved at 50% of the cost. As news of Boeing's victory in the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) contract sinks in, Lockheed Martin President and Chief Executive Officer hosted company investors in a video conference […]

https://theaviationist.com/2025/04/23/lockheed-martin-plans-supercharged-f-35/ 


​Supernal confirms start of technology demonstrator flight tests

Hyundai Motors-backed electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Supernal has begun flight tests of its technology demonstrator aircraft.

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/supernal-confirms-start-of-technology-demonstrator-flight-tests/162705.article



NASA launches stadium-sized balloon from NZ’s South Island

The super-pressure balloon lifted off from Wānaka Airport and will now spend 100 days or more flying around the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes, where it will measure neutral wind in the upper atmosphere.

https://australianaviation.com.au/2025/04/nasa-launches-stadium-sized-balloon-from-new-zealands-south-island/



Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.

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https://newatlas.com/drones/faraday-caged-drone-lightning/



An evacuation 'miracle'? Toronto CRJ inverted crash analysis

With the preliminary accident report from the Toronto CRJ crash now out - expert analysis of a 'miracle' evacuation from an inverted fuselage. #avgeek https://www.aerosociety.com/news/an-evacuation-miracle-toronto-crj-inverted-crash-analysis/