Chinese startup AutoFlight completed the first transition between vertical and forward flight for its Prosperity 1 air taxi in record time for an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft program by drawing on its experience from almost 10,000 flights of its unmanned cargo aircraft.
In a letter to FAA employees released by the agency, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said that he has “made the very difficult decision to step down” less than three years into his five-year appointment.
Former NASA shuttle-era astronauts David Leestma, Sandra Magnus and Chris Ferguson will be formally inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on June 10, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation says.
A U.S. Air Force order for Boeing E-7s could stimulate new sales overseas if the airborne early warning and control system enters the Foreign Military Sales pipeline for the first time, a Boeing executive said on Feb. 15.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall briefed lawmakers in a classified session about developments in Chinese technology, he told an Air Force Association webinar Feb. 15.
Italian general aviation manufacturer Tecnam has made its first foray into electric propulsion, revealing a hybrid-electric version of its four-seat P2010 that made its first flight in December.
Virgin Group has formed a strategic partnership with chemical recycling company Agilyx to build a plant in the U.S. to convert plastic waste into synthetic crude oil than will then be refined into lower-carbon fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use by Virgin Atlantic.
Russia’s Progress MS-19 resupply capsule was on course for a Feb. 17 automated docking with the International Space Station following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying almost 3 tons of food, water, propellant and other supplies.
