NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental ...

Robotics startup FieldAI has hit a $100 million milestone

FieldAI says it has crossed $100 million in revenue and contracts by building software for robots to work in mines, ...
SpaceNews

Sustained maneuver has a propulsion problem

For years, space architecture was treated mostly as a question of placement: where to put a spacecraft, and how reliably it could hold position. That framing is now too narrow. A growing number of ...
Space.com

Thruster breakthrough? New 2-in-1 propulsion system is about to get an in-space test

"If you can have chemical and electrical propulsion in one small package, it's the best of both worlds." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
CNBC

Wizz Air CEO: Not experiencing a single problem with jet fuel supplies

Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 11:00 CET | 14:00 - 17:00 HK/SG Wizz Air CEO, József Váradi, discusses the availability of jet fuel and the outlook for the busy summer travel season. Got a confidential news ...
News Tribune

Political play or budget fix? Competition for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab management comes at fraught moment

LOS ANGELES -- Weeks after Trump administration officials announced that management of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory would open to competitive bidding for the first time, questions remain as to why ...
ExtremeTech

NASA's Iconic Jet Propulsion Laboratory Could Change Hands for the First Time

NASA has announced it will not renew its contract between its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Caltech, saying it will open the contract to competitive bidding when the current deal expires in 2028 ...
Jalopnik

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager

NASA announced Friday that it will be soliciting bids for a new operator to take over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the center responsible for every single American Mars rover, and whose ...
AOL

Royal Caribbean cancels Oasis-class ship’s port stop over technical issue

Cruise vacationers who spent thousands of dollars for a Memorial Day week cruise on one of Royal Caribbean’s largest and most popular ships are not getting the sailing they expected. After departing ...
Los Angeles Times

Caltech could lose control of JPL for the first time

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred The contract for management and operation of ...
Engadget

NASA is opening up bids for who will run the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA is opening up bids for who will run the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) once the contract with Caltech expires in 2028. This is a pretty big deal, as Caltech has run the program since its ...
San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio firm worked on doomed UPS jet, then audit found 11 problems

The San Antonio company that worked on a UPS jet in the weeks before it crashed and exploded in Louisville, Ky., had problems during a safety inspection days after it finished its work on the doomed ...