2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (498+ words) "I've always wanted to be a camera operator. The industry is already tough enough without a disability," says Lych. "It's physically demanding. It's highly competitive, and it's really expensive." Steadicam operation can be already be physically taxing, due to the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (526+ words) NATO is set to replace and modernize its current helicopter fleet, and Airbus Helicopters is giving us a look at its vision of the rotorcraft future with the release of two concepts being submitted for the alliance's procurement competition. With…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1377+ words) The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety reasons. The bigger question is, why do we have astronauts at…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (250+ words) With a single invisible shot, Raytheon's Coyote Block 3 UAV zapped swarms of drones out of the sky in a US Army demonstration showing that a reusable drone with electromagnetic weapons is an economical alternative to explosive interceptors. One very unpleasant…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (591+ words) Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a bonkers idea that's hoovering up money and mindspace,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (234+ words) A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful enough to run a medium-haul narrow-body airliner. Aerospace engineers…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (321+ words) Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X7 already sported a radical design, even within the wild world of hybrid eVTOLs. That design has now been updated, however, for enhanced aerodynamics, cruising performance, and flight safety. We first heard about Canadian company Horizon Aircraft back…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (335+ words) Not too long ago, if you wanted to witness the wonders of the universe, you'd need to lug around a bulky telescope and possibly spend hours making fine adjustments to zero in on celestial targets. ZWO's Seestar S30 Pro is here…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (499+ words) One would think that a US$99,000 telescope requires specialist training and a thick instruction manual. But the new Hyperia from French company Vaonis flips that assumption on its head. It's powerful enough for professional observatories yet runs entirely from a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (348+ words) Luke and Mike Bell, a father-son duo from South Africa, have reclaimed the Guinness World Record for the fastest quadcopter drone. Their 3D-printed Peregreen V4 drone clocked a top speed of 657.59 km/h (408 mph). 3D printing enabled the father-son duo to rapidly…...