Space Force orders 36 more Golden Dome missile-tracking satellites, for $1.75 billion

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(Image credit: L3Harris) The U.S. Space Force is adding three dozen spacecraft to its growing constellation designed to detect and track incoming missiles from orbit. The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced the agreements, worth a combined $1.75 billion, on July 14, naming L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space as the recipients. Each company will provide 18Continue Reading

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Despite being the largest customer for the type, Emirates has confirmed that it does not plan to take delivery of the oldest Boeing 777X jets that have already been built. This was confirmed at the Farnborough International Airshow by Tim Clark, President at Emirates. The reason? Well, it’s because theseContinue Reading

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In collaboration with NASA, BETA Technologies and Boeing, GE Aerospace conducted a test flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft above 30,000 feet—the altitude typically used by passenger commercial aircraft. The flight demonstrated several new electric aircraft engine systems. The team’s single longest flight in hybrid-electric operation was more than two hours.Continue Reading

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I already shared my experience with the Niri window manager in another post. Its scrollable workspace model is clever. Then I stumbled across MangoWM, and I couldn’t leave it alone because it offers a similar scrolling mode as compared to Niri, plus more, while still being simple to build fromContinue Reading