The transformation of a former Delta Air Lines MD-90 into the NASA X-66A has begun at Boeing's Palmdale facility ahead of flight tests planned for 2028.
Atlanta-based high-speed system developer Hermeus has completed ground tests of its first fully integrated Quarterhorse “dynamic iron bird” evaluation vehicle.
Performance benefits of Unity upgrades that were proved last year will feed into Delta spaceship design as belt-tightening forces cuts in near-term flight rate.
Australian startup Stralis Aircraft plans to retrofit a Beechcraft Bonanza with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system, aiming for first flight in 2024.
XPeng AeroHT, a subsidiary of vehicle maker XPeng, has completed the first uncrewed hover flight with a tiltwing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
As the first U.S. hypersonic weapons enter service, defense officials are searching for new ideas for high-speed propulsion and to dramatically reduce prices.
Rolls-Royce has begun tests of aerospace-rated pumps able to handle hydrogen in its cryogenic liquid state as it aims for future zero-emissions flight.
Airbus announced plans for a new conventional narrowbody in June. Now the French government is making it clear that the project is its top funding priority.
Axiom Space plans to install a data center on Hab One to be linked to the ISS and use laser communications equipment to connect it to Earth-orbiting satellites.