Aerospace

German researchers show compressed air can reduce annoying rotor-stator noise in an advanced turbofan engine.

NoFlyZone.org gives subscribers the means to restrict or prohibit UAS access to private property

The winners of Aviation Week's annual Laureate Awards, honoring extraordinary achievements in the global aerospace arena, were announced at a gala dinner in Washington DC on March 5, 2015.

It’s hard to get a better look at a runway incident than having dozens of steerable electro-optical cameras and millimeter-wave radars trained on the impending action.

Investors loved Boeing’s fourth-quarter 2014 financials, but scratch a little deeper and there’s a serious problem.

Intriguing ideas, some of which could have an eventual impact on the aerospace sector, have emerged from universities worldwide where student teams are competing in Airbus’s “Fly Your Ideas” contest.

Innovative fuel dashboard system developed by Boeing yields fuel savings and may be extended to other applications.

Protecting helicopters from RPGs; one-piece inlet cuts fan noise; passive radar recognizes intruders; jetpack closer after public offering; unmanned aircraft developments.

Spray-on anti-ice coating could extend unmanned-aircraft missions and allow GA aircraft to complete flights more safely.

The Harris-Exelis merger brings back to light some fundamental truths about the U.S. defense sector that otherwise tend to be forgotten.

Rand analysis suggests joint military aircraft programs are unlikely to achieve life-cycle cost savings if they attempt to maximize airframe commonality.

GE makes strides in anti-engine core icing strategies, as knowledge of phenomenon begins to grow.

The FAA may not plan to certify the airworthiness of small UAS, but manufacturers need to pay attention to crashworthiness.

Joint program with University of North Dakota is intended to provide more realistic testing of a command-and-control link for civil unmanned aircraft developed by Rockwell Collins and NASA.

Japan’s next-gen turbofan research; cubesats use GPS to forecast weather; Predator UAV sees, and avoids; nano-layering makes better metals; UAS to search for Amazon archaeology

New program starts are going to be extremely hard-fought and without increased budgets, and extensions of mature lines also may be more difficult.

More than six years in the making, the FAA’s proposed rules for small unmanned aircraft cannot be finalized fast enough for those on either side of the argument over UAS in civil airspace.

Crash shows helicopter’s strong point; U.K. government backing inflates hybrid airship; unmanned aircraft to help manage crises; UAS tolerates crashes, wins prize; two biofuels from one algae.

Data from a recent test flight of the IXV, ESA’s experimental spaceplane, is expected to guide development of reusable space vehicles.

How lower-cost unmanned vehicles can help high-end manned platforms survive in hostile airspace is a focus of new programs in the Pentagon research agency’s budget request.

Anyone wanting to fly a small unmanned aircraft commercially in U.S. airspace will have to obtain an special operator certificate and pass a test on the “rules of the air”, but the aircraft themselves will not require airworthiness approval.

An official Chinese report outlines the efforts that Avic’s factories and research institutes are putting into advanced manufacturing technology, from friction-stir welding to resin-transfer infusion.

Bombardier’s cancellation of the Lear 85 is symptomatic of two much larger issues that the company must confront in the near future.

With FAA approval to use unmanned aircraft for aerial photography and a deal with Planet Labs to buy satellite imagery, Woolpert plans to bring the two together to enable new geospatial information services.

Studies suggest that with air transportation demand set to double by 2030, nearly a million new pilots, maintenance technicians, air traffic controllers and cabin crew will be needed to keep the industry moving forward.