Aerospace

The system is designed to enable fly-by-wire flight control as well as support autonomy and unmanned ops, while at the same time hosting multiple applications.

What's the difference between Ka and Ku band frequencies? Learn more about data speeds, capabilities, passenger expectations and more for Ku and Ka band high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi solutions.

AeroVironment unveils HAPS, Alta power for solar HALEs, Iris detects and avoids and Hybrid airship goes electric.

Propulsion system could enable development of lower-cost expendable HAPS platforms.

Ghana inaugurates the world’s largest medical drone delivery system as Wing gets 5the first approval to offer on-demand deliveries in the U.S.

As Clean Sky 2 reaches the halfway mark with promising results, project promoters are on a deadline for Clean Sky 3 to meet a Paris Agreement goal.

The makers of transports with fewer than 90 seats have to figure out what comes next.

Alpine unlocks Lockheed nanocomposite; Europe prints bionic components; eVTOLs are sustainable, sometimes; fuel cell boosts drones; MBDA tests laser effects.

The gargantuan twin-fuselage launch vehicle carrier aircraft made a successful 2-hr. 29-min. first flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.

Where Safety-Critical and General Purpose Applications Co-Exist

Unusual debuts at Aero; Wing delivers in Australia; Ehang flies food; UK counters UAS; DARPA challenges launch teams; Connecting UAS to ATC.

China’s regulator gives autonomous air taxi developer Ehang permission to begin passenger flights for specific missions at special locations.

Collins Aerospace’s Actuation business is at the forefront in design, development, integration, manufacture and certification of utility actuation.

Defense business strategists would do well to follow the example of Pentagon legend Andrew Marshall by focusing on asking the right questions.

Government and industry see the Tempest as a way of reigniting national interest in high-tech engineering.

Graphene sensors in composites; Safe hypergolic fuels; Space-saving SARsat; Bell UAM in Japan; Automation via 5G.

A web of regulations and a lack of standards are major obstacles to the logical development of a market to counter small unmanned aircraft.

Without adequate funding, the Pentagon is looking at ways to sustain its weaponry for the long term.

Studies suggest both the traffic and infrastructure are available to make urban air mobility attractive as a premium service.

UTC’s advanced projects organization and Collins Aerospace lead the charge to develop megawatt-class electric power and propulsion technology

The company plans a $50 million laboratory to help develop high-power electrical systems for aircraft.

Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost launches a project to develop an autonomy system that can scale across the manufacturer’s product line.

With helicopters playing a growing role in health care systems, Leonardo is envisioning technologies that could enable more treatments to take place inflight.

Composite materials, widely seen as greener than metal because they enable lighter aircraft designs, are falling behind expectations for recyclability.

Analysts ponder how to harness the tremendous potential of autonomous mobility in congestion-clogged cities worldwide.