New Zealand spaceplane developer Dawn Aerospace has flown its Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft supersonically for the first time.

AMSL Aero has begun untethered flight tests of a full-scale technology demonstrator for its Vertiia box-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Embraer and PTDI are exploring an industrial partnership that could pave the way for the introduction of E-Jets in the Indonesian market.

NASA and GE Aerospace will evaluate aircraft wake scanning technology during flight tests to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails.

Electric aircraft can be accommodated by existing infrastructure initially, but will require further investment to scale their operations.

20 years ago, NASA saw incremental aircraft improvement would no longer mitigate the environmental impact of projected growth; revolutionary change was needed.

Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont.

The EL9’s debut—at least in concept form—came one year and two days after the company’s EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator made its first flight.