DART flight will test key autopilot system
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A sophisticated autopilot system that could play a vital role in missions to the moon or Mars will be tested this week during a $100 million demonstration 500 miles above Earth.
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com Staff. NASA once again postponed the launch of the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft Thursday due to the discovery of contamination inside the fairing of its Pegasus launch vehicle.
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French airline Air France said Wednesday it planned to trial biometric boarding passes that would allow passengers to be fast-tracked through airport checks using a scan of their fingerprint.
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Tycho: SquawkBox is a free plug-in for Microsoft Flight Simulator.  It lets virtual pilots connect to a network where they can communicate with real people performing virtual air traffic control.  I first came across it in 2001 while searching for add-ons to the latest version of Flight Simulator.  The description I read online made it sound like a big MMO for pilots and air traffic controllers, a concept I could scarcely believe until I logged on and tried it for myself.  My inexperience meant that on my first try I flew my small Cessna right into the approach path of a major international airport.  The controller who called on the radio and suggested I do a quick 180 before I get smashed by an incoming 747 was ever so nice.
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Flight controllers  conducted final tests on the International Space Station&#39;s  revived computer network on Monday in hopes of clearing  visiting space shuttle Atlantis for its departure and return to  Earth.
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The U.S. government wants airlines  to turn over information on the millions of people who traveled  in June to test a new system for identifying passengers who may  pose a security risk, officials said on Tuesday.
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Driverless cars which use lasers to avoid obstacles are being tried out in a Northamptonshire town.
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Fresno's airport is first to use a web-based wireless radar system to update flight information. Also: Ford announces just how strong a boost it will give Sirius & hellip;. Motorola gears up with a snowboarding jacket that does it all. & hellip;. and more.
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The Transportation Security Administration will test a system that will compare names of passengers on domestic airlines to those on terrorist watch lists.
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The ground rules of the tests of Cisco and Avaya systems.
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It will feature ALK CoPilot Version 6 navigation software, a slot for an SD card, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
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Pat Riley&#039;s experiment is about to be put to the test.
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The U.S. government will launch a  test program to see if a wireless system like those used at  highway toll booths can be help speed up registering foreign  travelers at U.S. borders, officials said on Tuesday.
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A REVOLUTIONARY new type of aircraft that could lead to flights between Glasgow and Sydney in only two hours, will be tested in America tomorrow.
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The U.S. military said it is testing a system to beam red and green lasers at aircraft in the Washington area as a warning when they enter restricted airspace.
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The American Government now has flight information on every person that boarded a commercial flight in the US in June. The Transportation Security Administration will use the information to test a new passenger screening system called Secure Flight.
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Sandia's motion detector could help predict if earthquakes are coming or if airplane parts are about to rip loose.