Uber and others believe electric propulsion has reached the stage where it can enable small, efficient, short-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Turbulence inside ride-hailing giant Uber has yet to derail its plans to launch urban air transport services in the early 2020s. And it is no longer alone in that ambition.
UTRC Ireland reports progress on a program to develop and integrate model-based design tools for aircraft that will cut design times, help avoid integration issues during development, and ensure aircraft enter service efficiently and with high reliability.
Design for stealth has reshaped combat aircraft, evolving from flat facets to smooth curves. And another change is coming with the need to defeat a wider range of threats.
Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive-carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.
Desktop Metals raises $115 million to back its bid to revolutionize additive manufacturing with a metal 3D-printing process it says is 100 times faster and 20 times cheaper than laser-based processes.
Logos Technologies has shrunk wide-area moving-target surveillance into a package that can be carried by a tactical unmanned aircraft, and it does not plan to stop there.
After decades of promise is hypersonic technology finally verging on operational capability? The U.S. Air Force thinks so, and is laying out high-speed requirements underpinned by a growing budget for sustained R&D.
Startup says enough data exist to set a sonic boom standard that would allow its 45-seat airliner to fly supersonic flight over land when it enters service in 2023.
The Experimental Aviation Association has always been known as a cradle for innovation, but is that spark now being overshadowed by massive corporate spending on private space, electric propulsion and automated personal transportation?
A new autothrottle system enables pilots to fly to a certain torque level or airspeed for any portion of a flight, including takeoff and go-around. Aviation Week tests it out.
Using the concept of a quiet STOL airliner as the target, German researchers are advancing the state of the art in aircraft high-lift systems in an effort to improve flexibility and reduce noise.
NASA has taken delivery of a second P2006T fuselage from Tecnam for use in the X-57 Maxwell distributed electric propulsion flight demonstration program.
Additive manufacturing gives the aerospace industry better solutions for making UAVs, commercial aircraft and space vehicles stronger, lighter and more economical, with increased production efficiency.
The story of Russia’s sole twin-aisle family, and the history of Russia’s previous aviation joint ventures, serve as a cautionary tale for this project.
NASA develops an airliner concept that could reduce by more than 90% the area around an airport that is exposed to elevated noise, unlocking potential for continued capacity growth.
