Drones – The New Bird Strike Hazard?
When does an airborne aircraft resemble FOD? When it's smaller than practically everything else in the sky. Drones — basically…
Space & LEO
Orbital debris tracking, satellite collisions, Kessler syndrome, active debris removal, and space sustainability.
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FOD News Roundup – January 3rd, 2017
FOD Impacts Mars Rover Suspected debris inside of the spacecraft Curiosity's rock drill motor is causing intermittent stalling of the device. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Military FOD and BASH Management Watch these clips of military personnel removing debris and firing on…
European Space Agency Targets Space FOD
According to the European Space Agency there are 17,000 bits of space junk floating around Earth. These objects can be…
Airbus Creates Volcanic Ash Cloud Test
Engineers from Airbus and their customer Easyjet have teamed up to create an artificial ash cloud to test a sensor…
Space Fence Program Will Help Protect Against Space FOD
Two Land-Based Radars Will Track Objects In Orbit Around Earth The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom AFB…
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South Korea Develops Bird Strike Defense Robot
The Korean Atomic Energy Group and LIG Nex1 (an aerospace and defense subsidiary of LG Corp) have jointly developed what…
Superjet 100 Exonerated, Image Still Under Repair
Indonesian aviation authorities have found that human factors and a series of small technical problems involving air traffic control led…
Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Program at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
The following article is a synopsis of an article called "Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Program at KSC." The complete article…
NTSB To Assist in Mexican Learjet Crash
The U.S. NTSB is assisting Mexico’s Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) in the investigation into the crash of a…
FOD vs Space Station
Recently, a five-inch piece of space junk travelling at high speed nearly hit the International Space Station, causing three astronauts…
FOE Certification Avalable
The National Center for Aerospace & Transportation Technologies (formerly The National Center for Aircraft Technician Training) now offers a formal…
FedEx’s FOD Prevention Program [PDF FILE]
View a slideshow presented by Senior AOD Safety Specialist Nedra Spees at the 29th National Aerospace FOD Prevention Conference. (Additional…
The Chicken Gun
Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the…