NEW DELHI – In a significant development for India’s indigenous fighter jet program Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on November 7 inked a deal with US-based General Electric (GE) for the supply of ...
I took my miniature private jet out for a flight and tried landing it right on my neighborhood street. In this clip you can see me on the controls as the RC jet lines up, touches down, and rolls out ...
The dawn of the jet age changed the landscape of commercial flight forever, giving rise to affordable, faster travel hallmarked by chic flight attendants and non-stop flights that could take you ...
GE Aerospace (GE) tapped Palantir Technologies (PLTR) as part of a new U.S. defense contract aimed at boosting readiness for the Air Force’s T-38 training fleet, marking the first digitally enabled ...
Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...
In this clip I fire up my big RC turbine jet right outside the workshop. You can see the full startup sequence as I bring the engine to life and wait for the idle to come up while my friends look on.
Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
Astro Mechanica’s ground demonstrator, based on a GE CT7 turboshaft, drives a generator powering two propulsors. Credit: Astro Mechanica U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric ...
For eons, Santa Claus has been spreading gifts and joy to kids all over the world, in a single night, by relying exclusively on a very low-tech piece of engineering: a wooden sleigh powered by eight ...
It may seem like a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but Astro Mechanica seems to be all-in on its revolutionary hybrid-electric supersonic jet engine as it partnered with UK-based engineering firm Helix to add ...
The MINI Superleggera would’ve been the brand’s Miata, but vanished before reaching production. A Dream MINI Seven Years in the Making MINI spent seven years developing the Superleggera Vision ...
I used to be the guy handing out feathers and gleefully looking up. Hold on, I’m getting ahead of myself. In my early writing on artificial intelligence, beginning with my first “Cognitive Manifesto,” ...