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While electric propulsion is more efficient, but it generates far less thrust, which is why electric planes tend to be slow. Airbus’ two-seat electric plane could only go a maximum speed of about 136 miles per hour. A solar-powered plane that completed an around-the-world journey this summer had an average …
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DARPA NEAT will develop tool to identify risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in soldiers by analyzing their brain signals
Around 1 million people die by suicide annually. Globally, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death for all ages and the second leading cause of death among young people aged 15–29 years. In 2013, it was estimated that 9.3 million adults 18 years and older in the United States …
Read More »New Autonomous Sense and Avoid sensor technologies enable Safe and efficient integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Safe and efficient integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into Civil Airspace is a key challenge for unleashing their potential for non-military applications “without reducing existing capacity, decreasing safety, impacting current operators, or placing other airspace users or persons and property on the ground at increased risk” Sense and avoid technology …
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