Plane wings are traditionally strong, very sturdy and thick however researchers at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a flexible wing that morphs as it flies.  The wing measures 14 feet wide and is constructed from thousands of individual units that fit together and function in a similar to a condor that will lock its joints in while cruising, and then unlock its wing to maneuver. Source: CNN

NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft, is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. The Orion spacecraft will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon during Exploration Mission-1, its first mission atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket.  Artemis 1 is a planned uncrewed test flight for NASA's Artemis program that is the first integrated flight of the agency's Orion MPCV and Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket. It is expected to launch in November 2021.  The three-week flight around the moon will reach a maximum distance from Earth of 280,000 miles the farthest into space that any spacecraft that can transport humans will have ever flown. Source: NASA

JetPack Aviation is in the process of creating the smallest, fastest and safest way to transport paramedics, medevac the injured, move life saving suppliers and insert/extract military personnel with the Speeder. The Speeder can either be piloted, or flown fully autonomously. The company is currently test flying a 1/3rd scale prototype of the Speeder. Source: JetPack Aviation

The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high-subsonic unmanned combat air vehicle, completed its inaugural flight Tuesday at Yuma Proving Grounds, in Arizona. The drone and its derivatives are anticipated to perform a range of missions, including suppression of enemy air defenses, offensive and defensive counter-air maneuvers, nap-of-the-earth or terrain masking flight and high-altitude flying. Source: AirForceTimes

U.S. President Donald Trump revealed the renderings of the redesign of the presidential aircraft fleet, known as Air Force One.  The new design, which Mr Trump showed in an ABC interview, trades in the iconic baby blue and white exterior for more patriotic colours.  The presidential fleet includes two identical jets, and whichever one the president is aboard is given the signal name Air Force One.  The two planes will also be Boeing 747s and are due to be delivered in 2024. Source: BBC News

The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14.  The Air Force awarded a nearly $1.2 billion contract to Boeing for its first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft on July 13, 2020.  Almost every detail about the aircraft itself however, will remain a mystery due to the classification of the USAF’s Next Generation Air Dominance program. Source: DefenseNews

The U.S. Navy's newest warship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is the largest and most technologically advanced surface combatant in the world. Zumwalt is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission destroyers designed to strengthen naval power from the sea. These ships will feature a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system, wave-piercing tumblehome hull, stealth design and the latest war fighting technology and weaponry available. Source: U.S. Navy Office of Information