by Calum Wilson | Apr 5, 2024 | Space, Technology
NASA has awarded the Lunar Dawn team a lunar terrain vehicle services (LTVS) contract. The contract is led by Lunar Outpost as the prime contractor along with its principal partner Lockheed Martin and teammates General Motors, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,...
by Calum Wilson | Mar 22, 2024 | Flight, Technology, Travel
Private aviation entrepreneur Charles Robinson has launched Enterjet; a unique platform that allows users wishing to fly private to connect directly with vetted aircraft operators. The platform allows flyers to search for scheduled flights, pricing and routes amongst...
by Calum Wilson | Mar 11, 2024 | Airports, Technology
The future is here for Munich Airport as it introduces its service robot JEEVES along with its offering of refreshments to its passengers. Developed by German company Robotise, the ‘snackbot’ will roam Terminal 2 to serve customers as a one-year test run....
by Calum Wilson | Mar 11, 2024 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Technology
Airbus has unveiled its full electric eVTOL aircraft, the CityAirbus NextGen. It is expected to have its maiden flight later in 2024 and will be suited for operations in major cities for various missions. “Rolling out CityAirbus NextGen for the very first time...
by Calum Wilson | Feb 12, 2024 | Editorial Comment, Flight, Technology
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally unveiled their quiet supersonic aircraft, the X-59, on January 12, 2024. The aircraft will travel faster than the speed of sound at Mach 1.4 (925 mph). Mach being the ratio of the speed of the aircraft to the speed of sound through...
by Calum Wilson | Feb 12, 2024 | Editorial Comment, Technology
Artificial intelligence experienced something of a renaissance in the past year and it seems 2024 will be no different. Companies across the board are committing to greater AI use as its functionalities and intelligence improves at tremendous speeds. Several reports...