Aerospace Emerging Technologies
Sep 08, 2023
Editors discuss NASA’s recent contract awards to study tech for high-speed airliners—and the one supersonic project that is still pushing forward, Boom.
Sep 08, 2023
Building on good results of initial 4,000-lb. demonstrator RDRE engines, NASA says larger pressure-gain rockets hold promise for future space missions.
Sep 08, 2023
Beginning in 1964, watch the history of supersonic civil transports unfold on the covers of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Sep 08, 2023
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.
Sep 07, 2023
Overemphasizing technology and design can burn cash and slow certification.
Aug 29, 2023
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Aug 29, 2023
Recipients of the DAIR Green Fund include RAMPF Composite Solutions, which is developing a low-rotational-inertia propeller to extend component life.
Aug 24, 2023
Parsons Corp. says it has acquired Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at up to $200 million that is geared to bolster its cyber capabilities.
Aug 24, 2023
CarbonCapture and a team of partnershave received $12.5 million federal funding to start engineering and design work for a megaton-scale direct-air-capture hub.
Aug 24, 2023
South Korean researchers have developed a humanoid robot capable of understanding flight manuals and flying an aircraft without cockpit modifications.
Aug 24, 2023
Boom Supersonic has received an FAA experimental certificate of airworthiness for its XB-1 technology demonstrator, meaning flight-testing can now get underway.
Aug 22, 2023
Two U.S. aerospace industry teams have been awarded NASA contracts to study technology for sustainable high-speed airliner designs capable of Mach 2-plus.
Aug 22, 2023
The goal of the 40-month, $4.2 million project was to actively suppress flutter using onboard sensors, algorithms and control surfaces.