A car that can transform into a small aircraft has passed flights tests with flying colors in Slovakia, developers say. The “AirCar” was awarded an official Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak ...

Stratolaunch has unveiled its first Talon-A test vehicle, called TA-0. In the upcoming months, the vehicle will be used to validate the release system on the company's massive carrier aircraft Roc.

HAMR hybrid fuel-electric UAV to be further developed for United States Air Force tactical ISR mission Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a manufacturer of distributed electric propulsion tilt-wing and ...

It’s an innovative platform meant for advancing hypersonic research. It’s also the world’s largest aircraft in terms of wingspan. The Roc has just successfully completed another test flight in the ...

Air Nostrum Group, one of Europe’s largest regional airlines, has reserved 10 hybrid-electric aircraft from the UK-based company Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). HAV’s aircraft design, the Airlander 10, is ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a third contract for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for airliners that could enter service in 2025, fly with less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel ...

The U.S. Air Force announced the start of the ground testing of the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A, and selected Beale AFB to host a CCA Aircraft Readiness Unit. The U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David ...

Aircraft and boats will be two tough sectors to wean off fossil fuels, since both require way more energy than is practical with current battery technologies. Ground effect vehicles like the Regent ...

Since the dawn of military aviation, the U.S. military has been interested in remotely piloted aircraft. Present-day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) typically consist of an unmanned aircraft vehicle ...

The preceding three chapters illustrate the point made in Chapter 1 and Table 1-1: that the key considerations that drive lightweighting differ markedly across vehicles for land, sea, and air ...