Airbus says it has received a “surprisingly” large response to its contest that challenges computing experts, academics and professionals to solve five key flight-physics questions using quantum computing to improve aircraft design.

After at least six years of research and technology work on the Avionics 2020 demonstrator, Thales’ efforts toward creating a more intuitive cockpit have crystallized into FlytX, an avionics suite that also features connectivity.

NASA’s Mars 2020 mission rover is logging favorable budget and developmental milestones as it marches toward a July/August 2020 launch.

TransDigm Group is paying back the $16.1 million it allegedly earned in “excess profit” selling aftermarket aircraft parts to the Pentagon.

Airbus is embarking on studies into what efficiency gains are possible in the current production system and what level of vertical integration makes sense in the future.

A newly published unit cost estimate by the U.S. Army of $43 million for a proposed high-speed rotorcraft is an encouraging sign that service officials are entering the program with realistic expectations, a senior Boeing executive says.

NASA on May 16 hired 11 companies for studies and prototypes of descent modules, orbit-transfer stages and refueling capabilities.

Over the next few weeks, the U.S. Army expects to find out whether the DOD will allow it to accelerate efforts to develop an advanced medium utility rotorcraft to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk.