Dredger Digs Up VDR from Crashed Sriwijaya Air Jet in the Java Sea
by investigators released in February said the plane had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led it into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea. The report included information from the flight data recorder (FDR).Divers found the casing and beacon of the CVR from the 26-year-old Boeing Co 737-500 within days of the crash but had been searching for the memory unit in relatively shallow but muddy waters, where currents are sometimes strong.The CVR of flight SJ182 was located late on Tuesday, Indonesia’s transport minister told a news conference.It was found in mud sucked up
MH370 Report to Be Released after Latest Search Ends
wing fragments were confirmed as coming from the missing plane, while other pieces, including some cabin interior items, were determined to be "almost certain" from MH370, the investigators said. Malaysian officials are working with Australian authorities on plans to recover the Boeing Co 777's wreckage or its flight recorders, in the event the aircraft is found. Prime Minister Najib Razak reiterated the country's commitment to finding the plane. "We are pushing the global aviation community to take measures to make our skies safer," he said on his official
Boeing Unveils Robotic Submarine
Boeing Co. has unveiled at its Huntington Beach facility an autonomous, unmanned undersea vehicle that can be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Echo Voyager, which is 51 feet long, is capable of running on its own, unmanned, for months underwater while being able to dive to 11,000 feet. Echo Voyager is the latest innovation in Boeing’s UUV family, joining the 32-foot Echo Seeker and the 18-foot Echo Ranger. The Voyager is expected to begin sea trials off the California coast in Summer 2016. “Echo Voyager is a new
A New Age for Underwater Autonomy
networks persistently, without the current reliance on expensive ships and similar infrastructure.” Acknowledgements Professor Brian Williams, of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT This research was funded in part by Schmidt Ocean Sciences. The underlying technology was supported in part by Boeing Co., the Keck Institute of Space Sciences, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and NASA. Correction: several of the images used in this story were shared by researchers and should have been attributed to Schmidt Ocean Institute, a participant in the R/V Falkor expedition. (As
U.S. to Cut Nuclear Launchers under Russia Treaty
is expected to be about $300 million, with most of the expense being for inactivating the nuclear submarine missile tubes. U.S. weapons makers are keeping a close eye on plans to modernize the platforms that carry nuclear arms, an effort analysts say will cost $355 billion in coming decades. Boeing Co has teamed with Lockheed Martin Corp to compete against Northrop Grumman Corp to build a new bomber to carry nuclear weapons. General Dynamics Corp is leading early design work on a new submarine to replace the Ohio-class submarines that carry nuclear weapons. (By David Alexander; Additional
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