Category: paul allen

Sonar drone helps find a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier

Post author By Randall
Post date October 20, 2019
Categories In aircraft carrier, auv, drone, gear, history, japan, kaga, paul allen, petrel, Robots, Tech, vulcan, wreck, wreckage, wwii

[ad_1] The search process was familiar, but arguably more necessary than ever given the scale of the project. An autonomous underwater drone (AUV) searched with preset criteria for up to 20 hours at a time, returning with data that could hint at ships or other unusual features. After that, a remotely operated vehicle dives down […]

Stratolaunch completes the first flight of the world’s largest airplane

Post author By Randall
Post date April 13, 2019
Categories In aircraft, flight, gear, paul allen, scaled composites, Space, spaceflight, stratolaunch, Tech, Transportation

[ad_1] The aircraft is central to the late Paul Allen’s vision for Stratolaunch when he started the company in 2011. In many ways, it’s a larger parallel to Virgin Galactic’s White Knight Two. It’s meant to reduce the costs of spaceflight by ferrying rockets to an altitude of 35,000 feet and making it easier to […]