The 14th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has successfully developed China’s first quantum radar system last month, Xinhua News Agency reported. The system, which is based on the technology of single photon detection, counts as yet another major milestone for China in quantum research. The quantum radar system was developed by the …
LightningStrike is the first aircraft in history designed to demonstrate the following: Distributed hybrid-electric propulsion ducted fans Innovative synchronous electric-drive system Both tilt wing and canard for vertical take-off and landing High efficiency in both hover and high-speed forward flight Aurora Flight Sciences was recently awarded a six-month $2.9M contract from NASA for continued development …
CCTV Chinese CCTV television has said that on August 30, 2016 the Chinese company China Airspace bought the “Antonov” aircraft An-225 “Mriya”. The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The An-225 has over 250 tons of cargo …
Richard Branson unveiled Virgin Galactic’s much anticipated second SpaceShipTwo at a ceremony in Mojave, CA, attended by his family, Virgin Galactic’s Founder Future Astronauts, stakeholders and partners. Professor Stephen Hawking named the new vehicle Virgin Spaceship (VSS) Unity via a recorded speech and said, “I would be very proud to fly on this spaceship.” The …
The sequel to Blade Runner is officially set to begin filming this year for a 2018 release date. Harrison Ford is back. Original director Ridley Scott is an executive producer. There’s a press release and everything. Blade Runner 2 is real. Blade Runner 2 will begin filming this July and will be released on January …
A guest article by Joseph Friedlander Article summary: The true all inclusive tax rate of GDP may be harder to calculate than it appears and higher relative to the ‘real’ economy outside the world of government funded NGOs and contractors. Readers are invited to give their take on the question: Should government expenditures be …
China has sealed a deal to build its first military base in Djibouti, a former French colony strategically located across from Yemen on the Red Sea, squeezed between Eritrea and Somalia. Confirming years of under-the-radar suspicions, AFRICOM commander Gen. David Rodriguez told The Hill that the “logistics hub” and airfield will let China “extend their …
Official Chinese data, reported by the New York Times on Wednesday after being quietly released earlier this year, suggests China has been burning up to 17% more coal each year than previously disclosed by the government. The revelation – which may mean China has emitted close to a billion additional tonnes of carbon dioxide into …
Boeing has a patent for a Rapid deployment air and water vehicle. The transformation from flying UAV to submarine travel is one way. The wings mostly break off as it hits the water. It is more like James Bonds submarine car. There are many fictional flying submarines. Some other notable fictional flying sub vehicles * …
Separately Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have discovered a new catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide to methanol. The new system offers significantly higher activity than other catalysts now in use and the new system could make it easier to get normally unreactive CO2 to participate in these reactions. The resulting catalyst converts CO2 to methanol …
Scientific American reports that gene therapy is starting to live up to its early promise. In the past six years the experimental procedure for placing healthy genes wherever they are needed in the body has restored sight in about 40 people with a hereditary form of blindness. Doctors have seen unprecedented results among another 120-plus …