Aerospace

Boeing has tested an approach to active helicopter rotors it says avoids the performance-sapping drawbacks of previous designs.

The companies that lost out to Aurora Flight Sciences to build DARPA’s high-speed VTOL demonstrator have taken the wraps off their competing designs.

Flirtey delivers ship-to-shore; Special forces plan laser gunship; FAA wants advanced controls for GA; Obama backs sensors for advanced manufacturing.

Switzerland’s Solar Impulse 2 completes Atlantic crossing on solar power as round-the-world attempt enters final stages.

The benefit of automotive safety features in general aviation have persuaded the FAA to grant Terrafugia a waiver of weight and stall-speed limits so it can self-certify its Transition flying car as a light sport aircraft.

The benefit of automotive safety features to general aviation persuades the FAA to grant Terrafugia a waiver of weight and stall-speed limits.

The international aviation industry will gather in Tenerife this weekend for the 11th annual Routes Africa air service development forum (26-28 June).

Vector Aerospace has completed its first full engine test on the Pratt & Whitney's PT6A-140 turboprop in South Africa.

Reluctance by lawmakers to embrace the value of X-planes to U.S. industry has NASA coming up with creative approaches

Long in the making, the FAA’s final rule for commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft, or drones, gets the thumbs up, but industry is already impatient for the next set of capabilities.

There is concern among Tier 1 leader that the air transport segment is becoming structurally unattractive and less worthy of investment than its alternatives.

The Air Dominance Adaptive Propulsion Technology program builds on almost a decade of research, beginning with the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology program.

The technology is considered vital to achieving the high-speed, long-endurance performance requirements of the F/A-XX and F-X sixth-generation fighters.

In an attempt to fly around the world with a solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse 2 is currently crossing the Atlantic. The single-seat aircraft took off from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, and the flight is expected to last three days or more. The ground support team is preparing for the landing in Seville, Spain.

Preparing the Solar Impulse for its ventures requires help from dedicated experts from many sectors.

Insights from the AIAA Aviation 2016 conference in Washington: NASA back in the X-plane business; thin-haul commuter to connect small cities; turbo-electric airliner an X-Plane option; China’s Comac studies open rotors.

Northrop Grumman’s newfound devotion to R&D spending is laudable, but hold off on the ticker tape parade just yet.

Rotorcraft industry leaders put safety as their top priority as they grapple with potential disruption of their markets by unmanned aircraft.

Helicopter makers show progress in increasing performance, cutting noise and improving safety. Speed is a challenge, but there are promising developments.

Bell Helicopter has announced the successful demonstration of the Bell 412EPI across Nepal, showing its suitability for the higher areas of Africa such as Kenya and Ethiopia.

With billions of connected devices across the world strengthening the business case for IoT, related startup companies are increasingly working with commercial aviation entities to drive home its benefits.

Gogo is poised to be one of the big Internet of Things players in connected aviation.

UTAS is working on engineering greater fuel efficiency as part of the Ecological Integrated Propulsion System (EcoIPS) program.

Malaysia welcomes its third A400M airlifter; India prepares to export BrahMos missiles; U.S. Navy to complete communications satellite constellation; U.S. Apaches begin strikes in Iraq.

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