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Where the price of your airline ticket goes
The next time you search for flights and wonder why prices seem so high (or low), consider that what you're paying for is more than just a seat. In fact, quite a lot goes into calculating ticket...
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Airlines are about to offer a lot more using mobile apps
You can use your phone to buy a plane ticket, check into your flight, and get past security. So why not also rely on it for other aspects of flying as well? In a couple years' time, your phone may just...
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Two of the world's most powerful jet engines use data in an incredible way
Two of the world’s most powerful jet engines were on display at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow. The roar of these machines blows you away. But it’s their digital capabilities that will...
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Here's what we learned at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow
The next generation of aviation technology was on show at this year's Farnborough International Airshow. This is where the industry’s leading firms reveal what they've been working on, and compete...
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Here’s what will happen when 30 billion devices are connected to the internet
The Internet of Things (IoT), built from inexpensive microsensors and microprocessors paired with tiny power supplies and wireless antennas, is rapidly expanding the online universe from computers and...
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India wants to develop a fleet of near fifth-generation fighters with Russia
Amid a gridlock between India and Russia on the development of their fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), India has decided to set up negotiations with Russia to upgrade 194 Sukhoi Indian Air...
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Watch the Marines' F-35 fire an 80-round burst from its gun pod for the first...
On July 6, at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland, US Marines carried out the first successful test of the F-35B's GAU-22 gun pod, Business Insider has confirmed.Five days later, the gun...
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Here's a friendly reminder of how big the A-10 Warthog's gun is
On Thursday, we saw for the first time the brand new F-35B/C variant's GAU-22 25 mm gun pod firing, and as impressive as it was, it's not even close to the best gun on the force.What you're looking at...
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Head of US Marine Corps aviation: The F-35B is ready to go to war right now
WASHINGTON, DC — When asked on Friday if the F-35B could fly combat missions to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the US Marine Corps' head of aviation said, "We're ready to do that."Noting that the...
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The US Air Force has an absurd plan for replacing the A-10 Warthog
The US Air Force has presented several plans for replacing the beloved A-10 Warthog — a close air-support attack plane — over the years, but its latest plan takes the cake as the most absurd.As it...
View ArticleAmerica's B-2 stealth bomber is unlike any military aircraft in the world
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is one of the US military's most formidable weapons. The Air Force just announced that Northrop Grumman, which designed and built the B-2, will create a successor to the...
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The Marine Corps' F-35 is almost ready for its close-up
The Marine Corps' variant of the F-35 Lightning II is almost ready for its combat debut."We're going to start to see that airplane deploy here overseas after the first of the year," Gen. Robert Neller,...
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One picture captures the might of the US Air Force's bomber fleet in the Pacific
Deborah Lee James, the Secretary of the US Air Force tweeted a single picture on Wednesday that sums up the US's airborne leg of the nuclear triad.The B-52, the B-1, and the B-2 simultaneously sit on...
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The world's largest aircraft — which is 60 feet longer than the biggest...
The world's largest aircraft just took its first voyage.The Airlander 10, or Martha Gwyn as it is officially known, is part-plane, part-airship, and part-helicopter.The aircraft took off from an...
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Syrian jets flying close to US Special Forces 'encouraged to leave' by F-22s
Twice in the last few days, Syrian jets performing air strikes close to where US SOF are operating in northeastern Syria caused coalition aircraft to scramble.On Aug. 18, US jets were dispatched to...
View ArticleA fighter pilot explains what it means to fly at Mach speed
Retired Air Force Colonel JV Venable, author of Breaking the Trust Barrier, flew nearly 100 combat missions over Iraq in the F-16. He explains what it means to fly at Mach speed and talks about how...
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Here's why thermal imaging can't stop the F-22 or the F-35
The US has spent decades, and hundreds of billions of dollars, on developing "fifth-generation" low-observable aircraft, such as the F-22 and F-35, but recently a couple of thermal images have cast...
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Here's when an F-15 is better than an F-22 or an F-35
In a recent interview with Business Insider, Justin Bronk, a research fellow specializing in combat airpower at the Royal United Services Institute, revealed why the F-15, originally introduced four...
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5 passengers killed in Alaska mid-air plane crash
Two small planes carrying a total of five passengers collided in mid-air in Alaska Wednesday morning, authorities said.All five people are dead, according to Alaska State Troopers.The crash happened...
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Here's who'd win in a dogfight between Russia's and the US's top fighter jets
The newly brokered cease-fire between the US and Russia has paved the way for military cooperation in fighting terrorist elements in Syria, seemingly closing the book on a window in time where Russian...
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