News tagged with flight control system

Get your rotor runnin': Flexrotor program takes off for next phase (w/ Video)

Part helicopter, part airplane, the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enters the next development phase April 30 in delivering improved maritime ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Sls avionics test paves way for full-scale booster firing

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the solid rocket booster avionics for the first two test flights of the Space Launch System, America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle. This avionics system includes ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tracking dragonflies on the wing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University electrical engineers have developed a wirelessly powered telemetry system that is light and powerful enough to allow scientists to study the intricate neurological activity ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Computer virus did not target US drone fleet: general

A computer virus that affected the US military's drone fleet last month was not "specifically" aimed at the unmanned aircraft's network, the head of US Strategic Command said Tuesday. ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US Air Force calls drone fleet virus a 'nuisance'

A computer virus that hit the US drone fleet last month created a "nuisance" but no serious threat to flight operations for the unmanned aircraft, the US Air Force said Wednesday. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After shuttle lands, Mission Control to go quiet

(AP) -- In the geeky world of space engineering, this large, high-ceilinged room is close to holy. Inside, people speak in hushed tones and observe time-honored traditions.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Self-assembling vehicles take flight (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Switzerland are developing miniature vehicles that can self-assemble and then take off vertically and fly as a stable array.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

X-37B robotic space plane aims for Thursday launch

(AP) -- The military is poised to launch an unmanned winged spacecraft resembling a miniature space shuttle Thursday and it probably won't be a one-time shot.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Faster Than The Speed Of Sound: New Control System Has What It Takes To Guide Experimental Aircraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a jet is flying faster than the speed of sound, one small mistake can tear it apart. And when the jet is so experimental that it must fly unmanned, only a computer control system can ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3