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We now have drones equipped with EMP beams — and that could be lethal

If you’re worried about surveillance drones cruising over your neighborhood, then this new technology from Boeing will have you running for your microwave shielded shelter. Last week, defense company Boeing conducted the first successful test of a drone called the Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) that can emit a powerful burst of microwaves and…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 25

Boeing’s New Missile Remotely Disables Computers as It Flies By

This is CHAMP: Boeing’s new missile otherwise known as the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project. It automatically disables PCs and other electronic devices as it soars through the skies, using a burst of powerful radio waves—and it was successfully tested last week. The CHAMP tests took place in the Western Utah Desert on October…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 24

What Happens When You Flush a Toilet on an Airplane?

Aircraft lavatories have come a long way since the early days of commercial air travel. Early flyers used slop buckets, and WWII pilots tossed piss-filled bottles out of unpressurized windows (seriously). Now, airborne waste control technology could put the Jetsons to shame. Here’s what happens when you flush at 35,000 feet up. An airplane’s facilities…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 23

The Awesome NASA Supersonic Passenger Plane That Wants to Kill the Sonic Boom

NASA and its partners keep making progress in their quest to design a new passenger airliner that can fly supersonic without making a lot of noise, one of the main problems with the Concorde. And that progress looks space-age awesome. This is one of the two subscale models—designed by Boeing—being now tested in the supersonic…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 17

Planes Will Be Safe for Cellphone Calls as Early as Next Year, but WIll the Government Let You Use It?

Boeing is making a big push to outfit its airplanes with more connectivity. By 2013 all new Boeing 747-8 and 777 planes will have built-in systems so that you can make calls on your cellphone while flying. In addition, Boeing already offers a kit to make its monster 787 Dreamliners phone call friendly as well.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 20

Forget Coach, Boeing’s Business Jet With Aeroloft Can Sleep Eight

The days of obnoxious, crowded air-travel are still here for most of us, but the elite just got an upgrade. Boeing just started putting out a version of its Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 747-8 that sports the Aeroloft, an eight-person sleeping area. Located between the plane’s upper deck and tail, the Aeroloft features eight separate…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 2

The Awesome $5-Billion Airborne Laser Is in The Boneyard, Never to Fire Again

Despite being a total success, the USAF’s Airborne Laser was killed by the Pentagon back in December 2011. Now she’s resting wrapped in her death shroud with the rest of planes in “permanent storage” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. https://gizmodo.com/video-of-airborne-laser-destroying-a-ballistic-missile-5471926 The high-energy laser ballistic missile interceptor was developed by Boeing and the US Air…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 31

The Mach 6 Scramjet Could Fly from JFK to SFO in an Hour (if it Doesn’t Tear Apart on the Way)

We could have had Bin Laden in 1998. However, in the 80 minutes it took for a volley of cruise missiles travel from US ships in the Arabian Gulf over to his training camp in Afghanistan, he had done packed up and left. If those warheads had been riding on the new X-51 hypersonic jet…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 21

This Photo Really Shows How Impossibly Huge the Airbus A380 Is

I know that the Airbus A380 is a titan, a winged colossus, the biggest passenger airliner in the world and all that. But this pictured taken at LAX—showing an Air France A380 taxiing by a Boeing 737-900—really shows its flabbergasting dimensions. The 737-900 is a medium range plane that can hold 215 passengers. The long-range…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 14

Why Is the Military So Shockingly Bad at Art?

When a military contractor is trying to sell some wacky superweapon to the Pentagon, or when the Pentagon is trying to sell some wacky superweapon to Congress, it draws a cool action picture. But why are they so horribly terrible? Take this brand new image cooked up my Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is working on…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 13

Here Are the Companies That Will Get Us Back to Space

NASA may have shuttered its Space Shuttle program, but we knew that wasn’t the end of manned American trips to space. Today, NASA shelled out 1.1 billion dollars to three private firms who have been working on spacecrafts of their own: Boeing, Sierra, and SpaceX. Boeing has been working on its CST-100 space capsule for…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert Aug 3

Boeing 787 Rains Burning Engine Debris Down on Airport

During a ground test on a runway in South Carolina over the weekend, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner expelled a piece of debris that landed on grass and caught fire. It’s just the latest setback for the $200 million passenger megaplane of the future. Scary. The Chicago Tribune reports that the National Transportation Safety Board is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30

This Airplane’s Landing Was So Violent That It Bent Its Fuselage

Watch this landing of a Boeing 767 from All Nippon Airways. It’s pretty rough, with the nose gear violently bouncing off the runway. Still, nothing too spectacular… until you see the consequences. Keep watching till the end, past the 0:33 mark. The impact was so hard that the fuselage was bent before the wings. You…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 21

SpaceX Takes Flight

After experiencing its fair share of setbacks, SpaceX has finally done it. At 3:44 a.m. EDT, the company successfully launched its Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit atop its towering Falcon 9 rocket. In doing so, it has become the first private company in history to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. https://gizmodo.com/spacex-forced-to-delay-launch-to-space-station-5907248…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 22

SpaceX clears Falcon 9 rocket for Tuesday morning launch

Its first launch attempt was cut short less than a second before liftoff on Saturday morning, but private space transportation company SpaceX will be trying once again to send its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station early tomorrow morning. https://gizmodo.com/spacexs-first-bid-at-cab-service-to-iss-is-a-bust-5911660 Saturday’s launch was scrubbed when an onboard computer detected what SpaceX CEO Elon Musk…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 21

All systems are go for Saturday’s historic SpaceX launch

It’s official. According to Elon Musk, CEO of private space-transport company SpaceX, NASA has given the final go-ahead on a launch that, if successful, will mark the dawn of a new era in spaceflight: the era of commercial spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for Saturday morning. At 4:55 a.m. EST, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and Falcon 9…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 18

Boeing Engineers Just Came Up With a New Supersonic Airliner

Boeing’s Sonic Cruiser began its life almost a decade ago. At the end, its superawesome supersonic design was replaced by the 787 Dreamliner’s superboring superquiet and superefficient blueprint, which started construction in 2007. Many thought the project was cancelled, but apparently a secret team of Boeing engineers is still working on it. https://gizmodo.com/boeing-787-lego-like-building-begins-kicks-airbus-nuts-262412 According to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 1

This Air Traffic Controller Built a Fully Functional 737 Simulator in His Garage

As an air traffic controller and a licensed pilot, James Price’s life revolves around flying. So it’s not that surprising that he’s spent the last 12 years converting an old Boeing 737 nosecone into a full-on flight simulator in his garage. While the entire rig doesn’t pitch and roll like an actual aircraft, it still…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 18

American F-15 Fighters Intercept Korean Air Boeing 777 Because of Terrorist Threat

Two United States’ Air Force F-15 Eagle fighters launched into Canadian airspace to intercept a Korean Air Boeing 777 on April 10, 5:30 Pacific Time. The plane was going to Seoul when it received a bomb threat shortly after takeoff from Vancouver, British Columbia. As a result, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) ordered…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 11

Boeing’s Jets of the Future Will Be 60 Percent More Fuel Efficient Thanks to Natural Gas

Using the moniker SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research), Boeing has been hard at work developing a series of jets that will take us from point A to point B in the future. They’ve already developed concepts for a hybrid-electric passenger jet, and now with the SUGAR Freeze, they reveal their plans for an aircraft…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 21

We now have drones equipped with EMP beams — and that could be lethal

Boeing’s New Missile Remotely Disables Computers as It Flies By

What Happens When You Flush a Toilet on an Airplane?

The Awesome NASA Supersonic Passenger Plane That Wants to Kill the Sonic Boom

Planes Will Be Safe for Cellphone Calls as Early as Next Year, but WIll the Government Let You Use It?

Forget Coach, Boeing’s Business Jet With Aeroloft Can Sleep Eight

The Awesome $5-Billion Airborne Laser Is in The Boneyard, Never to Fire Again

The Mach 6 Scramjet Could Fly from JFK to SFO in an Hour (if it Doesn’t Tear Apart on the Way)

This Photo Really Shows How Impossibly Huge the Airbus A380 Is

Why Is the Military So Shockingly Bad at Art?

Here Are the Companies That Will Get Us Back to Space

Boeing 787 Rains Burning Engine Debris Down on Airport

This Airplane’s Landing Was So Violent That It Bent Its Fuselage

SpaceX Takes Flight

SpaceX clears Falcon 9 rocket for Tuesday morning launch

All systems are go for Saturday’s historic SpaceX launch

Boeing Engineers Just Came Up With a New Supersonic Airliner

This Air Traffic Controller Built a Fully Functional 737 Simulator in His Garage

American F-15 Fighters Intercept Korean Air Boeing 777 Because of Terrorist Threat

Boeing’s Jets of the Future Will Be 60 Percent More Fuel Efficient Thanks to Natural Gas

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