World’s longest aircraft project moves into industrialization phase
The 109-meter WindRunner is taking shape around a global supply chain as its developer expands plans beyond its original wind-energy mission
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Embraer nears certification of world's first automatic takeoff system
E2TS automatically controls aircraft rotation and could increase payload or effective range from performance-limited airports
Heart Aerospace flies full-scale electric aircraft demonstrator for first time
X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes in New York, reaching 1,100 ft during its maiden flight
Lockheed demonstrates AI-controlled fighter intercepts using live sensor data
X-62 VISTA completed 27 autonomous intercepts after receiving targeting information from an onboard IRST system
Heart Aerospace clears FAA hurdle ahead of X1 demonstrator's first flight
Experimental airworthiness certificate allows the electric aircraft startup to begin flight testing of its full-scale ES-30 technology demonstrator
Boeing, Lufthansa, and Rolls-Royce to trial fuel-saving, noise-reduction tech on 787 ecoDemonstrator
Flight tests of Next Generation Inlet and algorithm-based flight paths to run in Montana through mid-August on a Lufthansa-bound 787-9
Airbus, MTU Aero Engines plan hydrogen fuel cell engine joint venture
New company would develop electric propulsion system for future commercial aircraft
JetZero's full-scale blended wing demonstrator begins to take shape in California
Composite structures take shape ahead of the demonstrator's planned first flight in late 2027 under a US Air Force-backed program
FAA proposes ending 50-year ban on overland supersonic flights
Rule change could pave the way for aircraft such as Boom's Overture. At the same time, NASA continues work on technologies designed to reduce sonic booms
JetZero starts construction of North Carolina factory for blended-wing Z4 jet
Startup plans to build its Z4 aircraft at a new manufacturing campus expected to create 14,500 jobs over the next decade