Formation flying demands constant precision, spacing, and awareness, especially when flying close to other aircraft. As ...

In the United States, close formation flying requires aircraft to stay just feet apart, where even the smallest deviation can ...

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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions. NPL, along with ...

Generally speaking, space missions are being performed with lone spacecraft heading out into the void to achieve the desired goal of their makers. Sure, these machines might release other, smaller ...

MILAN—The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch a pair of satellites to demonstrate precision formation-flying in orbit. Liftoff of the Proba-3 mission is slated for Nov. 29 aboard an ...

Satellites would be based on cubesat designs provided by Open Cosmos. Credit: Open Cosmos Astroscale UK and Open Cosmos have won a £5.15 million ($6.9 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense ...

Two helicopters that crashed in Hammonton on Dec. 28, killing both pilots, were flying in formation just before colliding, a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report says. The report ...