Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 23, 2021
“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”
Apr 23, 2021
The short flight-test effort aims to prove rotorcraft and other aircraft types could play a key role in future planetary exploration.
Apr 22, 2021
General warns of Chinese space prototype; U.S. Army wants FVL upgrades; Singapore’s new operational tanker; and T-7 aft fuselage arrives.
Apr 20, 2021
EHang’s longer-range eVTOL; Aska flying car; Pipistrel cargo UAV for China; Xwing autonomy demo; and ANA flies Wingcopter.
Apr 19, 2021
Aeroflot, Russia’s largest passenger airline by fleet size, will for the first time conduct C-check maintenance of its Boeing 777 widebody in Russia…
Feb 08, 2021
French defense materiel agency DGA has ordered six light aircraft from domestic manufacturers for training and flight testing.
Feb 08, 2021
China is in the process of developing new facilities for COMAC in Shanghai, laying the foundations for the state-owned airframer to one day take on the global powerhouses.
Feb 05, 2021
NASA has struck agreements with General Electric and Honeywell to develop technologies for small-core turbine engines that burn less fuel and produce more power than current turbofans powering commercial aircraft.
Feb 03, 2021
The company delivered 120 F-35s in 2020, not 123. The discrepancy between the two numbers appears in two public documents released by Lockheed Martin.
Jan 29, 2021
German aerospace center DLR has launched development of a megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for 40-60-seat regional aircraft.
Jan 29, 2021
The ceremony marked the first delivery of a contract for 76 Su-57s signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in May 2019.
Jan 29, 2021
A South Korean team including an airport operator, air-taxi developer and communications provider has been formed to commercialize urban air mobility in the country beginning in 2025.
Jan 29, 2021
As it ramps up plans to launch its regional air mobility service, German startup Lilium has partnered with airport constructor and operator Ferrovial to develop and operate a network of at least 10 vertiports across Florida.