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If only that era of aviation can be repeated.

🛫✈️ The Future of Air Transport: Blended Wing Body Aircraft 🌐🚀 Exciting developments in the aviation industry! The concept of blended wing body aircraft is set to revolutionize air travel, offering unparalleled efficiency and performance. The USAF, in collaboration with #JetZero and #NASA, is spearheading the development of a groundbreaking prototype set to take flight by 2027. Blended wing body design promises a remarkable 30% improvement in performance, redefining traditional limits on payload, range, and endurance for large aircraft. This innovative approach integrates the wing and fuselage into a single shape, enhancing aerodynamic capabilities while optimizing space for passengers or cargo. Not just a military game-changer, this technology also holds immense promise for commercial aviation, potentially offering increased passenger comfort and reduced fuel consumption. The future of air travel is on the horizon, offering exciting possibilities for both businesses and travelers.✈️🌟 https://lnkd.in/ds3JihhR #Aviation #Innovation #Aerospace #FutureOfFlight #BlendedWingBody #JetTechnology

Intelligent Energy (IE) collaborates with Aurora Flight Sciences to power the next generation of Aurora uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) using fuel cell technology. Aurora recently tested its fuel-cell-powered SKIRON-XLE, designed for long-range reconnaissance for customers including the US military. The SKIRON-XLE weighs just 54 pounds and can extend flight times to well over five hours due to Intelligent Energy’s fuel cells. Fuel cells allow for increased range without adding weight, crucial for long-range reconnaissance missions. References: ------------ 1. https://lnkd.in/dpRm_cH6 2. https://lnkd.in/e_a4Y4cj 3. https://lnkd.in/gHaQ2CDW . . . #UAS #FuelCells #AerospaceTech #UnmannedSystems #AviationInnovation #LongRangeFlight #MilitaryTech #CleanEnergy #InnovationCollaboration #FutureOfAviation

UK aerospace and defence sector grows 50% in a decade! 🤩 The latest figures published by ADS Group reveal that the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors added £38.2 billion in value to the UK economy in 2023 > https://ow.ly/77CJ50SCZWB #Aerospace #Defence #Space

Aerodynamics of the F-22 Raptor.

Why do ships, aircraft, and spacecraft have red and green lights? It turns out, this convention comes from a long-standing maritime tradition. Red lights indicate the port side, while green lights indicate the starboard side. But why green for starboard? It's believed that green was chosen because it was the safe side, being the steering side. So now you know, the next time you see red and green lights on a vessel, you'll know which side is which. #shiplights #aviationlights #spacelights #military #defense #defence #aerospace #aviation #aircraft #aircrafts #airplane #airplanes #aviationlovers #militaryaviation #militaryaircraft #fighterjet #engineering #technology #militarytechnology #defensetechnology #defenseinnovation #defenseindustry #maritime #vessel #ships

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Sikorsky a contract award to study integrated platform concepts that could fulfill NATO’s next generation rotorcraft requirements through its Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) program. “Sikorsky is ready to design a rotorcraft prototype for NATO’s NGRC concept study to support defense and deterrence for an ever-changing global environment. Years of investment and rigorous flight testing with multiple X2 technology demonstrators have proven its ability to change the future airspace,” said Andrew Adams, vice president of Sikorsky Future Vertical Lift. Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s European Industry Group includes Tier-1 aerospace suppliers, such as BAE Systems, ELT Group, ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik GmbH, GE Aerospace, Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Kongsberg, Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, MAGroup, Malloy Aeronautics, SAFRAN, Rheinmetall and TERMA. This industry group will provide input as to how their world-class military products can support the X2 integrated platform concept approach to advance NATO’s capabilities and provide a next generation rotorcraft solution. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_Eea4_r #NATO #NASPA #LockheedMartin #Sikorsky #NGRC #rotorcraft #helicopter #defence #aerospace #industry #technology #armedforces

2 weeks to go until the RAeS #AppliedAerodynamics Conference 2024, focused on Advancing Aerodynamics, exploring the horizon of Civil and Military Aviation, and topics such as #NetZero, #NextGenMilitary, #AdvancedAirMobility and #HighSpeedFlight ✈ https://ow.ly/Jn9L50StuTq #AppliedAerodynamics #NetZero #NextGenMilitary #AdvancedAirMobility and #HighSpeedFlight

This is a great insight. However, I would be careful of using the term "adaptation". The "adaptation" is in reality design by God from the beginning -- it has to be. Without it in place from the beginning, these birds could not have survived their dives which they use to hunt, and would quickly have died out as a species, with certainly no "millions of years" time for so called adaptations from mutations to take place. This is another of the pervasive examples from nature of an "irreducable" system where all parts of the system have to be in place from the beginning for the system to work. Such examples demonstrate a fatal flaw in the theory of evolution.