Aircraft

WATCH: Lab-Made Lightning Triggers Major Explosions

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Video, Aircraft, Lightning Airplanes, Lightning Planes, Man-Made Lightning, Airplane, Aerospace Engineering, Lightning, Engineering, Artificial Lightning, Science News

In ancient times, people thought the gods made lightning. Nowadays, scientists in Wales make lightning in a lab--and it's 10 times more powerful than ...

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More on the JFS: Getting the Hook: Are the F-35Cs Fit to Fly?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.07.2012

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Reese Schonfeld

Whether you believe the F-35 should join the Air Force or that the project should be killed, we can all agree that nobody wants to see pilots killed because they're training on aircraft that aren't fit to fly.

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Delta Buys 100 New Boeing Jets

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Boeing, Aircraft, Global Pulse, 737-900, Delta, Boeing 737, Airlines, Airbus, Jets, Travel News

Delta Airlines will add 100 Boeing jets to its fleet in the coming years, a more than $8 billion investment that will replace less efficient planes wi...

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The No-Fly Zone Decision

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

President Obama is in a tough spot on the whether or not to push for a no-fly zone over Libya. He is weighing the costs and benefits of the situation, and his reluctance to get involved may turn out, in the long run, to be the correct decision.

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UFOs 'On The Record'

Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Area 51, Leslie Kean, Ufo, Aliens, Conspiracy, Pilots, Alien, Generals, Unidentified-Flying-Objects, Bestsellers, Government, Unidentified-Flying-Object, Aircraft, Government Officials, Space, Leslie Keen, Slidepollajax, Ufos, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial, Books News

Last month, journalist Leslie Kean revealed shocking testimonials from government officials about unexplained behavior by unknown objects in the sky o...

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UFOs 'On The Record'

Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Area 51, Leslie Kean, Conspiracy, Ufo, Aliens, Pilots, Alien, Generals, Unidentified-Flying-Objects, Government, Aircraft, Unidentified-Flying-Object, Government Officials, Space, Leslie Keen, Slidepollajax, Ufos, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial, Books News

The subject of UFOs -- of intense interest to the general public -- is no longer something that reputable journalists will feel they need to avoid or ...

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The 'Boneyard,' World's Biggest Plane Cemetery, Revealed By Google Earth (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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New high-resolution images from Google Earth reveal the size and extent of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, where the United States Air Force sends t...

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Drone Porn: The Newest YouTube Hit

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uavs, Reaper-Drones, Modern Warfare 2, Aircraft, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Propaganda, Violence, Youtube, Iraq, Predator Drones, Air Force, Hellfire, World News
Keith Thomson

Ranging from relatively detached wide shots of bombings taken by onboard cameras to startlingly graphic close-ups, "drone porn" has become a smash hit, tallying over 10 million views.

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Cannibal Conservatism: Author Makes Up Charges Against Secretary Gates

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Allen Smith

In a time of crisis, Republicans begin to eat their own. The infighting has been going on for months and has occasionally touched the national security establishment.

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U.S. Department of Defense to Use Hummingbirds as Spies

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Military, Aircraft, Military, Department of Defense, Hummingbird, Spies, Birds, Spying, Technology, Robots, Robot, Green News
Levi Novey

Robotic hummingbirds will be able to discretely enter areas where people would not be able to go without being detected and will look so realistic that people could easily be fooled.

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Will Boeing's 787 Be Safe From Hackers?

AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in th...

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