Volvo's owner buys into flying cars; Paris airport installs drone detector; UTAS to codevelop laser air data system; Hybird + tiltotor = long-endurance VTOL; Europe takes next hybrid-electric steps.
A new report and recent announcements underpin how artificial intelligence capabilities could become a potential business growth driver and competitive differentiator in A&D.
Fresno County provides more than $1 million to buy electric aircraft and charging stations in a project to prove pilot training costs can be reduced dramatically through electric propulsion.
Supersonic startups welcome a positive move from Congress on high-speed commercial aircraft, but it could dramatically cut the time for developing standards.
With backing from Boeing and JetBlue and now Washington-state, startup Zunum Aero is beginning to build the prototype propulsion system for its planned hybrid-electric regional airliner.
Railroad operator works with Rockwell Collins to plug unmanned aircraft into its wireless network to provide robust command-and-control beyond line of sight.
The pressurized Perlan 2 is designed to reach 90,000 ft., but chief pilot Jim Payne is hoping to reach 60,000-65,000 ft. this year, enough to beat the record of 50,727 ft. set by Perlan 1 in 2006.
The latest entrants in the burgeoning electric VTOL market come with unconventional designs which raise questions about their viability that can only be answered once they fly.
Norsk Titanium and Spirit AeroSystems have disclosed a commercial aerospace collaboration in 3D printing, reckoning that “thousands of titanium parts” manufactured at Spirit or by its suppliers are candidates for the new technology.
NASA transformed the ATR 42-500 in a design exercise to show how careful integration of propulsion and airframe can overcome the limitations of electric propulsion and unlock its benefits.
