Showing posts with label Boeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boeing. Show all posts
Friday, October 16, 2015
Microlattice: Boeing Introduces New Revolutionary Lightweight Metal | VIDEO
Boeing has released a video of its groundbreaking microlattice metal, which is “the world’s lightest material,” scientists say.
Microlattice is a 3D open-cellular polymer structure made out of small hollow metallic tubes, and represents a criss-cross diagonal pattern with small open spaces.
The video gives exciting examples of the substance’s possible use, such as new structural components in aerospace. Microlattice could save a lot of weight and make planes much more fuel-efficient:
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Boeing Invents 'Star Wars' Style Force Field
By Michelle Starr
www.cnet.com
3-22-15
Aircraft and military manufacturer Boeing has been granted a patent on a system that is designed to prevent explosion shockwaves from harming a target.A new patent granted to aircraft, defense and security company Boeing is taking its cues from science fiction. Just like the glowing energy shields seen protecting troops, machines and even spacecraft in Star Wars and Star Trek, the design -- named "Method and system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc" -- uses energy to deflect potential damage.
As it is described, the system is not designed to prevent direct impact from shells or shrapnel; rather, it is designed to protect a target -- such as a vehicle or building -- from the damaging effects of shockwaves from a nearby impact. . . .
Sunday, May 05, 2013
X-51A Waverider Scramjet Hits Hypersonic Speed Of Mach 5.1 | VIDEO
The U.S. military launched an experimental hypersonic aircraft on its swan song test flight Wednesday (May 1), accelerating the craft to more than five times the speed of sound in the longest-ever mission for a vehicle of its kind.
The Air Force's X-51A Waverider reached a top speed of Mach 5.1 during the test flight, traveling more than 230 nautical miles in just over six minutes before crashing into the Pacific Ocean off the California coast as planned, Air Force officials announced today (May 3).
Wednesday's flight used the last of four X-51A vehicles built by Boeing for the Air Force experiments. While the previous test, in August 2012, was a failure, Wednesday's mission pulled off the longest air-breathing hypersonic flight ever, officials said. . . .
Continue Reading . . .
See Also:
X-51 WaveRider Hypersonic Craft Lost During Test (Video)
VIDEO | Second Launch of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Hypersonic Plane (HTV-2) Took Place Today
VIDEO | US Military Loses Contact with Falcon HTV-2 in Bid to Become Fastest Ever Plane
SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCE
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Top-Secret Mystery Military Spacecraft Launched
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The military’s small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind.
The space plane, dubbed the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, was launched into orbit hidden atop an Atlas V rocket Tuesday for a classified Air Force mission that could last more than nine months.
This is the third time the Air Force will send an X-37B into orbit. It resembles a miniature space shuttle, is 29 feet long with a wingspan of 15 feet, and draws solar power for energy using unfolding panels. . . .
The space plane, dubbed the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, was launched into orbit hidden atop an Atlas V rocket Tuesday for a classified Air Force mission that could last more than nine months.
This is the third time the Air Force will send an X-37B into orbit. It resembles a miniature space shuttle, is 29 feet long with a wingspan of 15 feet, and draws solar power for energy using unfolding panels. . . .
Friday, August 17, 2012
X-51 WaveRider Hypersonic Craft Lost During Test (Video)
The U.S. Air Force says its most ambitious test of its X-51 WaveRider hypersonic aircraft ended in failure less than a minute after launch on Tuesday, due to a flaw in one of the craft's control fins. The X-51 broke apart after it was dropped from a B-52 bomber, with pieces falling into the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for the project told me today. If the test had proceeded as planned, the Boeing-built X-51 would have shot through the sky for a five-minute flight at a speed of up to 3,600 mph (5,800 kilometers per hour), or six times the speed of sound. Instead, the Air Force is going back to the drawing board. Hypersonic scramjet propulsion has been widely touted as eventually opening up the way for flights between London and New York in less than an hour. But in reality, the first application is more likely to come in the form of super-fast cruise missiles. . . .
Continue Reading . . .
See Also:
VIDEO | Second Launch of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Hypersonic Plane (HTV-2) Took Place Today
VIDEO | US Military Loses Contact with Falcon HTV-2 in Bid to Become Fastest Ever Plane
Secret UK Report Points To Existence of 'Aurora'
SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCE
See Also:
VIDEO | Second Launch of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Hypersonic Plane (HTV-2) Took Place Today
VIDEO | US Military Loses Contact with Falcon HTV-2 in Bid to Become Fastest Ever Plane
Secret UK Report Points To Existence of 'Aurora'
SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCE