Aircraft & Propulsion

Clean Sky is wrapping up wind-tunnel and full-scale ground tests of a noise-shielding U-tail configuration for future business jets.

Tailsitting vertical takeoff/landing unmanned aircraft takes shape at Northrop Grumman under DARPA’s Tern warship-based medium-altitude, long-endurance program.

Malaysia Airlines has confirmed plans to reconfigure and reassign its six Airbus A380s to a new carrier unit dedicated to transporting Hajj pilgrimage passengers.

NASA is looking for a few good anomalies to help researchers develop an unmanned aircraft traffic management system that will work any time and all the time.

Dubbed “Baby Boom,” the aircraft is a one-third scale demonstrator for a small supersonic airliner which Boom Technologies wants certified by 2023.

What do you get when combining Lockheed’s Indago quadcopter, fixed-wing Desert Hawk and optionally piloted K-Max with Sikorsky’s SARA autonomous helicopter?

The company has formed the Commercial Information Solutions business unit and launched the Quantix, a tailsitting drone that takes off and lands vertically but transitions to wingborne forward flight for increased efficiency and range.

Dubbed “Baby Boom,” the delta wing aircraft is a one-third scale demonstrator for a small supersonic airliner which Boom Technologies aims to certificate for commercial service by 2023.

The complete ecosystem allowing developers to produce avionics software that is fully portable and reusable between aircraft platforms is ready.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Bolstered by the launch of a new, longer range MAX 7 variant of its BBJ range, Boeing Business Jets has unveiled a package of incentives to attract new customers and speed re-sale of used BBJs.

Zee’s electric VTOL aircraft is spotted; Boeing’s commercial tiltrotor is patented; Japan’s Fquroh is quieter; NASA’s NEAT is tested.

Airbus Group’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 is building a full-size prototype to fly at the end of 2017 and plans a demonstrator to lift an 800-kg payload in 2020.

From the SR-71’s “pie panels” to the B-2’s silver coatings and the F-35’s “magic” layer, an up-close look at stealth technology’s materials.

Uber is ready to take ridesharing into the air, detailing its vision for networks of electric VTOL aircraft providing urban air transport at prices close to ground transportation but at much higher speeds

Folding wings could become commonplace on future aircraft as wingspans increase in an effort to reduce drag and fuel burn.

We are in an age of near-instantaneous data delivery that is colored by the increasing occurrence and complexity of cyberattacks.

After a long hiatus from the market, supersonic airliners may be poised to make a big comeback, and Boom Technology is looking to be first in the market.

Boeing CH-47F Chinook production will dip to 40 aircraft per year as the company enters a Block II development program that doesn’t hit the production line until 2021.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Volocopter family plan could see initial urban operations by 2020, with four-seater air taxi operations starting as early as 2022.

Spike supersonic bizjet; Perlan stratospheric glider; Solar Ship hybrid; Lufthansa drones for blade inspection; UPS drone deliveries.

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.