Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 03, 2016
Spike supersonic bizjet; Perlan stratospheric glider; Solar Ship hybrid; Lufthansa drones for blade inspection; UPS drone deliveries.
Sep 29, 2016
Aurora Flight Sciences plans ground tests and flight demonstrations to prove the efficiency improvements promised by MIT’s unconventional “double-bubble” D8 twin-aisle short-/medium-range airliner concept.
Sep 26, 2016
Bell’s V-247 unmanned tiltrotor; NASA seeks electric ideas; quieter approaches with DLR’s LNAS; JP Aerospace flies Ascender airship.
Sep 23, 2016
Over the past 60 years, NASA has been involved in several X-plane programs that have demonstrated technologies that changed the way aircraft are designed. We take a look at NASA’s X-planes and their contributions.
Sep 23, 2016
Double-bubble D8, Blended Wing Body, Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, Hybrid Wing Body and a small-airliner-size BWB – the configurations NASA is considering for planned ultra-efficient subsonic transport demonstrators.
Oct 06, 2015
Finnair took delivery of its first of 19 Airbus A350 XWBs Oct. 7, becoming the third airline to receive an A350 and the first European operator. Here is a look at the cabin interior.
Sep 30, 2015
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia will install 90 Airbus A320s with inflight aircraft tracking systems from Panasonic.
Sep 29, 2015
Boeing has selected Rockwell Collins to provide a server security system for the new 777X widebody.
Sep 25, 2015
Boeing has opened a 104,000-sq.-ft. research and technology center in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Sep 17, 2015
Due to delays in the retrofit process, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has postponed the planned launch of its new premium economy class on some major international routes.
Sep 17, 2015
Lufthansa has completed a cabin modernization program of its short- and long-haul aircraft.
Aug 27, 2015
The Vietnamese government has dropped all plans to confirm options on the four Airbus A380s it signed up for in 2009.
Aug 19, 2015
UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed the cause of a 2013 fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 at London Heathrow Airport.