Daily Archives: Thursday, June 21, 2012

Eurocopter X3 Continues US Demo Tour

Following up on the first US flight of the X3 demonstrator in the skies over Texas, the official demonstration tour kicked off at American Eurocopter’s Grand Prairie facility today. The event featured not only a flight demonstration by the X3, … Continue reading

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Boeing X-37B Returns From 469 Days In Space

The Boeing-built X37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) returned from 469 days in orbit on June 16, 2012. What is was doing, no one really knows. Originally a NASA project the DoD took over the X-37 in 2004, and now it … Continue reading

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