Hacker News with Generative AI: Aerospace

China Tests First Oblique Detonation Engine (china-arms.com)
As the demand for speed increases, researchers have developed the world’s first engine using standard aviation kerosene, capable of flying at 16 Mach, equivalent to 20,000 kilometers per hour.

Aerospace, Technology, China, Military

11 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 1 comments

NASA photo captures sound barrier being broken (cnn.com)

NASA, Aerospace, Photography, Sound Barrier

6 points by ungut 3 days ago | 3 comments

Lockheed out of Navy's F/A-XX future fighter competition (breakingdefense.com)
A source with knowledge of the program told Breaking Defense that Lockheed submitted a bid for the next-gen fighter effort, but the proposal did not satisfy the Navy’s criteria, leaving Boeing and Northrop Grumman as the remaining competitors.

Defense, Military, Aerospace, Competition

11 points by nradov 3 days ago | 0 comments

America's First Unmanned Fighters Are Here: YFQ-42 and YFQ-44 (airandspaceforces.com)
AURORA, Colo.—The Air Force’s first two Collaborative Combat Aircraft are fighters, the first uncrewed aircraft to carry such a designation, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin announced in a keynote address at the AFA Warfare Symposium on March 3.

Military, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Drones

16 points by walterbell 3 days ago | 4 comments

NASA shows shock waves as Boom's supersonic demonstrator breaks sound barrier (boomsupersonic.com)
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, partnered with NASA to capture specialized photography during supersonic flight tests of its demonstrator aircraft, XB-1.

Aerospace, Supersonic Flight, Aviation, Technology, NASA

4 points by amichail 5 days ago | 0 comments

Germany to build hypersonic space plane (thenextweb.com)
Germany’s armed forces have commissioned Bremen-based startup Polaris to develop a two-stage, fully reusable hypersonic space plane — and given the team just three years to build it.

Germany, Space Exploration, Hypersonic Flight, Aerospace

8 points by niemandhier 8 days ago | 4 comments

Supersonic flight is possible without an audible sonic boom (boomsupersonic.com)
As demonstrated on XB-1, supersonic flight is possible without an audible sonic boom.

Aerospace, Supersonic Flight, Technology, Sound

12 points by pr337h4m 27 days ago | 3 comments

Boom's XB-1 becomes first civil aircraft to go supersonic (techcrunch.com)
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier.

Aviation, Aerospace, Technology, Supersonic Flight

57 points by skadamat 39 days ago | 44 comments

Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today (space.com)

Aerospace, Supersonic Flight, Aviation, Technology, News

75 points by bemmu 40 days ago | 120 comments

Boeing to log $1.7B in defense program losses in fourth quarter (breakingdefense.com)
Boeing expects to log a $1.7 billion loss across several defense programs when it announces its fourth quarter 2024 results next Tuesday, the company said, meaning the company will have incurred almost $5 billion in losses on defense programs for the full year.

Boeing, Defense, Finance, Business, Aerospace

13 points by belter 43 days ago | 2 comments

Beached whales: Airbus grounds its Beluga cargo flights (france24.com)
Paris (AFP) – European aerospace giant Airbus confirmed Friday that it was shutting down its speciality freight business using colossal Beluga jets, resulting in the loss of 75 jobs.

Aviation, Aerospace, Business, Jobs

9 points by gnabgib 43 days ago | 4 comments

Boeing warns of more financial charges due to strikes, costlier parts, Starliner (theregister.com)
Boeing is warning of another hit to its bottom line, at least partly at the hands of the company's Calamity Capsule, the CST-100 Starliner.

Boeing, Aerospace, Finance, Space Exploration

5 points by rntn 43 days ago | 0 comments

Celestial Navigation for Drones (mdpi.com)
Celestial navigation is rarely seen in modern Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The size and weight of a stabilized imaging system, and the lack of precision, tend to be at odds with the operational requirements of the aircraft. Nonetheless, celestial navigation is one of the few non-emissive modalities that enables global navigation over the ocean at night in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) denied environments.

Navigation, Drones, Aerospace, GNSS, Satellite Navigation

217 points by throw0101b 48 days ago | 123 comments

Blue Origin New Glenn Mission NG-1 (video) (blueorigin.com)
New Glenn will launch for the first time from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The NG-1 mission will carry our Blue Ring Pathfinder and mark the vehicle's first National Security Space Launch certification flight.

Spaceflight, Aerospace, National Security, Blue Origin, New Glenn

67 points by mkl 52 days ago | 99 comments

Air Force Tests Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet (airandspaceforces.com)
The Air Force is collecting data from flight tests of a subscale version of its Blended-Wing Body demonstrator, and using that data to revise the full-scale aircraft’s control software and final configuration—the first flight of which remains on track for 2027.

Aerospace, Military, Technology, Aircraft Design

14 points by rbanffy 62 days ago | 2 comments

NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom (theregister.com)
Sitting in the hangar of Lockheed Martin's famous Palmdale, California Skunk Works facility is one of the oddest aircraft ever to take shape: the X-59 that's looking to revive supersonic travel over land.

Aviation, Aerospace, Technology, Supersonic Travel

7 points by rntn 98 days ago | 5 comments

NASA awards $11.5M to help design the aircraft of tomorrow (space.com)

NASA, Aerospace, Aviation, Technology, Funding

12 points by Brajeshwar 104 days ago | 1 comments

Civil aircraft flies supersonic for first time since Concorde (dawnaerospace.com)
Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand – 19 November 2024 – Multinational aerospace company Dawn Aerospace has made history with the successful supersonic flight of its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft, making it one of the fastest privately-developed aircraft on the planet.

Aviation, Aerospace, Supersonic Flight

5 points by geox 107 days ago | 0 comments

China's Proposed Cargo Shuttle, the Haolong, Has Entered Development (universetoday.com)
The 2024 China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition was held in Zhuhai last week – from November 12th to 17th, 2024. Since 1996, and with support from the Chinese aerospace industry, this biennial festival features actual products, trade talks, technological exchanges, and an air show. This year’s big highlight was China’s newly announced reusable space cargo shuttle, the Haolong (Chinese for “dragon”).

Space Exploration, China, Aerospace, Cargo

3 points by belter 109 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX Starship's Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds (nytimes.com)
SpaceX’s new Starship rocket far exceeds projected maximum noise levels, generating a sonic boom so powerful it risks property damage in the densely populated residential community near its South Texas launch site, new data suggests.

SpaceX, Starship, Sonic Boom, Aerospace, Environmental Impact

14 points by cainxinth 110 days ago | 9 comments

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks to Be a Swarm Mothership (twz.com)
A new very large jet-powered Chinese drone said to have a 10-ton maximum takeoff weight, or a mockup thereof, has emerged ahead of the formal opening of this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.

Military, China, Drones, Aerospace

5 points by LopRabbit 114 days ago | 0 comments

Boeing issues layoff notices as aerospace giant cuts 17,000 jobs (foxbusiness.com)
Boeing said it is issuing layoff notices to employees who are included in the aerospace giant's broader workforce reduction plan.

Boeing, Layoffs, Aerospace, Business, Workforce Reduction

4 points by tomohawk 114 days ago | 1 comments

For the second time this year, NASA's JPL center cuts its workforce (arstechnica.com)
Barely nine months after the last cut, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will again reduce its workforce.

NASA, Aerospace, Workforce Reduction, Government

3 points by EvgeniyZh 116 days ago | 0 comments

First aerospike rocket test mid-flight successful (newatlas.com)
In a feat that can only be described as legendary, and after many months and a catastrophic setback, Polaris Spaceplanes has finally accomplished something that's never been done before: lit the fuse of an aerospike rocket in flight.

Space Exploration, Aerospace, Rocket Technology, Innovation

6 points by croes 117 days ago | 1 comments

Boeing-made satellite explodes in space after experiencing an "anomaly" (cbsnews.com)
The U.S. Space Force is tracking debris in space after a satellite manufactured by Boeing exploded earlier this week, the satellite's operator said.

Space, Satellites, Aerospace, Military, Accidents

18 points by arwhatever 134 days ago | 1 comments

Striking Boeing workers reject 35% pay rise offer (bbc.com)
Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years.

Labor Unions, Boeing, Aerospace, Strikes, Negotiations

24 points by sensanaty 135 days ago | 51 comments

Rocket Lab Begins Installation of Large Carbon Composite Rocket-Building Machine (rocketlabusa.com)
Long Beach, California. August 8, 2024. – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has begun installation of the largest automated fiber placement (AFP) machine of its kind into the Company’s Neutron rocket production line in Middle River, MD.

Space Exploration, Manufacturing, Rocketry, Aerospace

12 points by taubek 136 days ago | 3 comments

Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change (cnn.com)

Boeing, Aerospace, Business, Leadership, Change

60 points by belter 137 days ago | 160 comments

In a rare disclosure, The Pentagon provides an update on the X-37B spaceplane (arstechnica.com)
After more than nine months in an unusual, highly elliptical orbit, the US military's X-37B spaceplane will soon begin dipping its wings into Earth's atmosphere to lower its altitude before eventually coming back to Earth for a runway landing, the Space Force said Thursday.