A Space X Falcon 9 rocket soared off its Cape Canaveral launch pad April 18 to send NASA’s planet-hunting TESS telescope on its way to an operational orbit.

The team aims to demo the tactical value of the coaxial-rotor compound helicopter to the medium-lift utility mission now performed by the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.

“Right now I’m very happy with how the program is progressing,” the U.S. Air Force's top uniformed acquisition official told Congress.

NTSB investigators found evidence of metal fatigue in the left engine of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport Apr. 17 after the pilots initially reported an engine fire. A woman died after an apparent engine explosion blew out a window and caused the cabin to depressurize.

Growing experience in delivering goods by drone may be coming to the U.S. as part of an FAA pilot program to accelerate commercial use of unmanned aircraft.

“Airlines will look at efficient small single-aisle [aircraft] as their second type for their single-aisle operations,” says one industry executive.

Boeing has new master contracts with many top-tier suppliers under its Partnership for Success cost-cutting project, but has an inflection point been reached?

Industrial giant Siemens is aiming for a leading position as a supplier of electric propulsion systems to aircraft OEMs.