The latest news on aircraft design and technology.
Insect-sized Drone uses Artificial Muscle System
Insect-sized drone uses direct-drive artificial muscle system, that’s more efficient than the flapping drives of traditional flying micro robots.
Natilus Freight Drone
Natilus twin-engine turboprop drone can carry 60 percent more cargo than an equivalent aircraft.
US Air Force to support Valkyrie eVTOL
US Air Force to support advanced Valkyrie HoverJet high-speed, eVTOL concept.
Best STOL Wing design ever?
Is this the best STOL wing design ever?
Icelandair B767 Landing and Takeoff in Antarctica
Icelandic pilots and crew operated this flight and landed on the icy runway in Antarctica, with scientists.
AirCar receives Airworthiness Certificate
Klein Vision’s AirCar flew 70 hours of test flights, receives airworthiness certificate in Slovakia.
X-59 Wind Tunnel SuperSonic Testing
This schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) airplane taken inside NASA Supersonic Wind Tunnel, during a recent boom test.
Joby S4 Air Taxi hits 205 mph
Joby S4 air taxi hits 205 mph flying faster and further than any eVTOL to date
Radian Aerospace reveals plans to build a Spaceplane
Radian Aerospace reveals plans to build a spaceplane that could cost over $1 billion to develop.
High Temperature Composites for Sustainable Space Travel
Hypersonix Launch Systems is developing an hypersonic aircraft, a reusable launch system, powered by hydrogen, to deliver small satellites into orbit without any carbon emissions.