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aeronautics

[air-uh-naw-tiks, -not-iks] / ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪks, -ˈnɒt ɪks /
NOUN
science of flight
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At the same time, work accelerated across a wide range of priorities, including lunar exploration, Earth science, planetary defense, next-generation aeronautics, and technologies intended to support future missions to Mars.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

Bertrand Vilmer, an aeronautics expert and consultant at Paris-based Icare Aeronautique, said Athens' largely analog-based systems "are robust, but ones for which there's no longer really any possible maintenance because they're old."

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Saab’s aeronautics business, which includes its Gripen fighter jets, had a particularly strong quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

His 16-year-old, he added, hoped to study aeronautics — an impossibility in Syria.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025

The five women took classes in astronomy and aeronautics.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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