Aerospace

Small drone businesses face hurdles with the regulatory process that the FAA needs to remedy.

Looking ahead to a future where drone fleets and air taxis share urban airspace, Mitre Corp. proposes a dedicated drone-to-drone surveillance system.

U.S. airlines and air traffic controllers are realizing benefits from using text-based messages to supplement radio communications.

GE’s fluidic propulsion tie-up; Astro eVTOL flies in Canada; SureFly buyer sought; XTI advances TriFan; TsAGI’s superconducting eVTOL.

The U.S. faces an uphill battle for hypersonic supremacy, warns Michael Griffin, the Pentagon’s new undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.

MBDA has begun flight-testing an armed eVTOL aircraft concept.

Next generation aircraft will be different from anything before. Disruptive technologies enabled by digitalization are transforming the industry, enabling new business models and new market entrants.

Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost lays out a road map for transforming low-altitude airspace to enable growth in unmanned aircraft and autonomous air taxis.

Comac’s braced wing; Tiltwing intercity VTOL; NASA’s UAM Challenge; Longer-flying drone; Transatlantic on biofuel

Nominations for the 2019 Laureates Awards close Oct. 18, and submissions to the photo contest are open until Oct. 22.

Vertical Aerospace wants to take on the airlines with intercity services using carbon-free eVTOL air vehicles.

Airbus Perlan 2 sets soaring record; Airbus spinoff sets sail; Uber shortlists international city contenders; Bell UAS demo for NASA, and JETcopter unveils air taxi concept.

There could be a space-induced leap in human consciousness as we collectively become a spacefaring civilization.

Pentagon leaders want 3-5% budget growth after inflation. The next White House budget probably won’t give them that.

Fit checks for first electric motor conducted on X-57 Maxwell as composite cruise optimized wing comes stogether for follow-on test phase.

How a Tier 1 provider plans to go from being an old-school manufacturer to a digital powerhouse.

The history of aviation has largely been about improving performance, and a thread running through that narrative has been industry efforts to reduce the cost of its expensive products.

The pressurized Airbus Perlan 2 sailplane reached an altitude of over 76,000 ft. on Sept. 2 over the Andes Mountains, attaining what is believed to be the highest level-flight ever by a manned, winged, subsonic aircraft.

Boeing revives Quiet Technology Demonstrator series to evaluate a new low-drag acoustic liner on a 737-7 testbed.

The top 10 countries account for 87% of world aerospace output, but will face a challenge by China as it tries to assert aerospace dominance.

Bye flies StratoAirNet; Singapore’s solar quadcopter; Boeing’s synchronized UAVs; Echodyne’s radar approved; UK BVLOS drone corridor.

Aircraft electrical propulsion startups are surging, foretelling possible changes for incumbents in many corners of industry.

The unmanned aircraft systems world is surely one of the most active sectors of aviation today and, arguably, in decades.

Animal Dynamics’ Stork paraglider selected for UK’s last-mile logistics challenge.

Space startup develops larger follow-on 3D metal printer to augment its “Stargate” device.