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Boeing 737 Engine Covers May Be Susceptible to EMFs

Safety officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require that airline manufacturer Boeing conduct inspections of engine coverings of its 737 MAX aircraft due to their potential vulnerabil... Read More...

Virgin Galactic Will Launch Satellites from a Boeing 747

Commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has announced it will launch satellites into space from a Boeing 747 aircraft. Earlier this year, the company’s founder Sir Richard Branson announced plans for usi... Read More...

Boeing Patents Jet Engine Powered by Lasers and Nuclear Explosions

Boeing just patented an advanced propulsion method that uses lasers and nuclear explosions to power rockets, missiles, or spacecraft. The “laser-powered propulsion system” combines fusion, fission, and a turbin... Read More...

Watch NASA Space Walks Recorded with GoPro Camera

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts recently completed two space walks outside the International Space Station (ISS) while wearing GoPro cameras that captured what it’s like to install antennas and... Read More...

Not Science Fiction: Force Fields to Protect Military Vehicles

As defense technology continues to advance, science fiction is becoming a reality. The latest unbelievable development comes from Boeing, with force fields that could be straight out of Star Wars. On March 17 t... Read More...

Faster Speeds for In-Flight Wi-Fi

Have you ever been on a long flight, happily streaming your favorite shows on Netflix? We didn’t think so. Despite a lot of hype when in-flight Wi-Fi launched in 2008, connection speeds have been slow, than... Read More...

Cockpit Displays Susceptible to Wi-Fi Interference

The Federal Aviation Administration has mandated more than 1,300 Boeing 737 and 777 cockpit displays be replaced before 2019. Independent tests performed by the FAA and Boeing showed the displays were susce... Read More...

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