The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...
Non-destructive inspectors, or NDIs, are the Air Force’s behind-the-scenes “doctors of the aircraft,” using technology to find hidden problems before they become dangerous failures. At Robins Air ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced that it has completed ...
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. Gloved hands pull a vital aircraft component from glowing, toxic pools of chemically laced liquid designed to reveal otherwise unseen dangers. A nondestructive ...
At this moment, there are around 8,000 commercial jets crisscrossing the globe and spewing greenhouse gasses into our atmosphere. These jets are critical for moving people and goods around the world, ...
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The ...
The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...