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FAIRMONT, W.Va. – On Saturday, middle and high school students from all over West Virginia and Ohio participated in a drone competition.  It took place in Fairmont State University’s Falcon Center and was the first aerial drone competition the school ever held.  “This facility is amazing. Our campus is really amenable and …

PALMDALE, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was mounted onto Triton’s unique one-piece wing. Once completed and delivered, Triton’s powerful payload and …

COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s a competition like no other. “It’s kind of like playing Mario Kart,” said U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Caleb Davis. “Top speed for these systems is somewhere on the order of 70 to 80 mile an hour,” said Colonel Brian Neff. USAFA will be …

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – In an effort to expose as many students as possible to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) the St. Vrain Valley Schools district introduced the “Future-Ready Innovation Lab.” The bus, filled with the latest technologies, takes STEM resources from school to school, throughout …

When the US Air Force launched the F-16 Fighting Falcon in 1979, it had something no other military jet did: a computer. Four, actually. Their electrical signals commanded the aircraft instead of gears and pulleys, ushering aerial combat into the digital era. Now, after fighting in the Gulf and Iraq …

The Air Force has completed a successful first test flight of a high-tech “wingman” drone developed by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS), an important milestone for the drone and the company that built it. Kratos’ XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator “behaved as expected” during its 76-minute inaugural flight over Arizona, according …

Take the body of a small plane with stubby wings. Replace the wheels with heavy-duty helicopter skids, add four buzzing dronelike electric fans to each one, and you’ll have something like Boeing’s prototype flying taxi. It’s a slightly ungainly-looking setup for a flying machine, which are usually sleek and streamlined, …

For the first time since the US retired the Space Shuttle in 2011, humans have taken off from American soil and gone into space. This morning, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocketed two test pilots beyond Earth’s boundaries and brought them back safely, in a giant leap toward finally making commercial …

The Trump administration this week appeared to take a possible step nearer to backing efforts plotted by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to destabilize Iran; presumably topple its Islamic authorities; and power Qatar to fall into line with Gulf insurance policies that concentrate on Iran, political Islam, and militants; with …