The airframe of the first Boeing 777-9 flight test aircraft has been completed in the company’s Everett, Washington, facility marking a key milestone towards rollout and first flight of the initial 777X family variant in early 2019.
Boeing and an AI startup have launched SkyGrid, a joint-venture company that will develop an airspace management platform for UAVs and urban air mobility (UAM).
There has never been a time in business aviation when the manufacturers of intercontinental business jets have had so many high-performance engine options.
As the U.S. pivots to an era of great power competition, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief has directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the future of military superiority that moves past modernizing equipment.
Boeing has pushed back an announcement over pursuing the New Midsize Aircraft (NMA) until sometime in 2019, but increasingly, financial analysts are seeing the new aircraft as a fait accompli.
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has officially launched preliminary design of its 12-seater, Mach 1.4-capable AS2 and revealed ambitions to develop bigger and faster follow-on variants, including potential commercial models.
Pieces of the complex U.S. hypersonic development jigsaw are coming together as the Pentagon places reliance on heritage design for common-boost glide concept.
Airbus delivered 67 commercial aircraft to 25 airlines and 13 lessors in September, about 2.2 aircraft per day, up 29% from August, and nearly returning the Toulouse-based manufacturer to its prolific 2.7 aircraft-per-day output of June and July.
Northrop Grumman plans to wrap up its first round of ISS cargo delivery missions for NASA with a year-long demonstration of its Cygnus freighter’s abilities.
Fears of rocket attacks and use of incendiary, explosive-carrying balloons is prompting new interest in laser defense systems by the Israeli defense ministry.
The Pentagon will finalize the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy in a few weeks, and the service acquisition executives have signed the document.
Airbus and partners aim to stimulate tech development for sustainable lunar exploration and development with a new international competition called The Moon Race.