Tag Archives: Aerospace

GE Gives Jet Engines A Cold Reception

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

There’s a nice post in the Aviation Week Things With Wings blog on the new GE Engine Testing, Research and Development Center (TDRC), developed in partnership with StandardAero in Winnipeg, Canada. The facility is for testing GE’s jet engines for … Continue reading →

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Unmanned K-MAX Operational In Afghanistan

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by MegaZone

I’ve posted about the Lockheed Martin-Kaman unmanned K-MAX helicopter before. It is a program to take off-the-shelf Kaman K-MAX helicopters and turn them into unmanned cargo resupply helicopters to support troops in the field. Two of the aircraft are currently … Continue reading →

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F-22 & F-35 Video Eye Candy

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 by MegaZone

Lockheed Martin posted a few videos of their flagship military aircraft – the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. The first is basically an ad for the F-22, which is curious since production just ended. The second recaps the accomplishments … Continue reading →

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Boeing Gives Us A Peak At the B787 Assembly Plant in South Carolina

Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 by MegaZone

Boeing posted a video look at their new plant in South Carolina which houses the secondary B787 final assembly line. It’s a greenfield development and they found a few interesting things while building it – like 200,000 year old shark’s … Continue reading →

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Making The Boeing B777 More Environmentally Friendly

Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 by MegaZone

When we think of the environmental impact of airliners we tend to think of efficiency in flight – increasing engine efficiency, decreasing drag, making the airframe lighter, etc. But there are a lot of other ways they can have an … Continue reading →

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