Right now they use heavy aluminium masking tape to cover up surfaces during production. Now, engineers at BAE Systems have created a new kind of tape that leaves the surface clean when it’s peeled away
A commercial airliner with multiple engines can limp to a runway if one of them fails. But a small plane, driven by just a single propeller, is in more serious trouble when its engine stops. So researchers have created a tiny electric backup.
Great news for the super-rich of the distant future: A joint team from the US Air Force Research Laboratory and the Pentagon's DARPA division are working on the hypersonic air fleet of the future, able to carry equipment around the globe at speeds of up to Mach 5. That's London to New York in an hour. Read More >