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No, it won't give you COVID or spread microchips, but Boeing and Airbus are concerned with 5G interference with radar altimeters used for instrument based landings in low visibility conditions and are asking the Biden administration to delay the rollout. The request is to delay the rollout of...

President Trump has issued an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 including planes associated with that line after new evidence came to light. “'The safety of the American people, of all people, is our paramount concern,' Trump said, adding that...

Yesterday, Boeing introduced a autonomous UAV designed to perform the role of a "loyal wingman to manned platforms." The press release says that the aircraft is about 38 feet long has a range of over 2,000 nauticle miles, while Defense News says it can carry unspecified weapons into combat. It...

A Boeing 787-9 twin jet Dreamliner hit 801 mph during a Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles to London. The normal top speed for the plane is 587 mph, but the jet stream was moving at 230 mph over Long Island on Monday. This natural phenomenon assisted the plane to the 801 mph top speed and...

The F-35 is the poster child for aircraft development gone wild and has rightfully been criticized for being late and costing too much. Knowing some of the limitations of the F-35 the Air Force has entered into talks with Boeing to potentially provide a replacement for the F-15C/D aircraft that...

Boeing has sponsored a GoFly Challenge that will pay $20K to 10 designers of personal flying aircraft. The winners of the prizes are pretty innovative and if you hit the GoFly website you can check all of them out. The best part about this is Phase 2 is all about building these designs. One of...

Yesterday Boeing was hit with the WannaCry virus (site detects ad blockers) and early reports said it could seriously hamper their ability to produce aircraft. However, the company has stated that little damage was done and they don't expect any production impact at this time. While it's good...

Boeing has revealed a new cargo drone that can lift 500 pounds of goods. This sucker is pretty dang big and weighs 747 pounds. It has four arms with two props each and Boeing managed to get this vehicle from design to prototype in just 3 months. Drones like these are going to make local...

NASA has released their target dates for Boeing and SpaceX manned flights and they will occur in November and December respectively. However, all is not rosy because a recent report by the Aerospace Safety and Advisory Panel states the capsules may not be able to be certified because Boeing and...

Back in October, the Navy released a request for proposal for an autonomous refueling drone that can be used to refuel many of it's carrier based aircraft. Boeing intends to compete for this contract and has revealed the prototype that will compete for the new drone. This new drone can launch...

The 3D printing industry's growth in the past few years has been spurred by gradual acceptance by leading industry manufacturers. Even though 3D printing is still in it's infancy, it has shown it can produce products that are stronger than metal or conventional plastic manufacturing; while...