Aircraft Design

From something old, something new

By Keith Button January 1, 2025

Aircraft Design

Could this be the future of regional air travel?

By Paul Brinkmann November 13, 2024

Aircraft Design

Meet the next pseudo satellites

By Paul Marks September 1, 2024

Aircraft Design

Aviation confidant

By Paul Brinkmann August 30, 2024

Aircraft Design

Meet Liberty Lifter

By Paul Marks June 1, 2024

Aircraft Design

For air taxis, a flap over birds

By Paul Brinkmann April 17, 2024

Aircraft Design

Site visit: Electra’s hybrid-electric aircraft flight test center

By Paul Brinkmann March 15, 2024

Aircraft Design

Innovation machine

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2024

Aircraft Design

Pilot on board

By Paul Brinkmann January 1, 2024

Aircraft Design

This aircraft’s first flight reflects a difference in strategy compared to most competitors

By Paul Brinkmann November 28, 2023

Aircraft Design

NASA stands by its X-planes

By Pat Host November 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

The F-35B inspired this air taxi’s cockpit controls

By Paul Brinkmann October 12, 2023

Aircraft Design

Staying cool

By Paul Brinkmann October 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

Electric aviation industry grapples with battery cooling

By Paul Brinkmann September 7, 2023

Aircraft Design

A Manhattan Project for the climate

By Paul Marks September 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

These companies think the time has come for water-capable electric aircraft

By Paul Brinkmann August 15, 2023

Aircraft Design

British company prepares to seek investor funding for 40-passenger tiltwing

By Paul Brinkmann July 13, 2023

Aircraft Design

Tomorrow’s firefighting fleet

By Keith Button July 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

Electra.aero unveils ‘ultra’-short takeoff and landing demonstrator aircraft

By Aaron Karp June 13, 2023

Aircraft Design

Textron plans to have Nexus electric air taxi operational by 2030

By Paul Brinkmann March 30, 2023

Aircraft Design

Electric aircraft maker announces CX300 conventional takeoff and landing model

By Paul Brinkmann March 14, 2023

Aircraft Design

Joby Aviation notches milestones toward production, certification

By Paul Brinkmann March 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

The bridge to net-zero

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

Tiltwing plane company Transcend Air intends to initiate FAA certification ‘soon,’ founders say

By Paul Brinkmann February 17, 2023

Aircraft Design

So you think you know lift? Better read this

By Ben Iannotta February 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

Supersonic twist

By Aaron Karp February 1, 2023

Aircraft Design

FAA advances testing for airworthiness of electric aircraft battery

By Paul Brinkmann January 5, 2023

Aircraft Design

Martian aviator

By Paul Marks January 3, 2023

Aircraft Design

Analysis: B-21 unveiling

By Aerospace America January 3, 2023

Aircraft Design

Buttigieg gets hands-on introduction to this all-electric cargo aircraft

By Paul Brinkmann December 14, 2022

Aircraft Design

Meet Midnight: Archer Aviation unveils the design of its production aircraft

By Ben Iannotta November 17, 2022

Aircraft Design

Cosmopolitan leader

By Paul Brinkmann November 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

NASA’s boom buster

By Paul Marks November 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Site visit: Inside Joby Aviation’s electric rotorcraft production facility

By Paul Brinkmann October 14, 2022

Aircraft Design

Wisk reveals its production aircraft, Generation 6, with new tiltrotors

By Paul Brinkmann October 3, 2022

Aircraft Design

Going the distance

By Aaron Karp September 30, 2022

Aircraft Design

NASA must conduct its air mobility standards work with limited tech insight

By Paul Brinkmann September 22, 2022

Aircraft Design

Emissionless air travel: how it might be achieved

By Aerospace America July 7, 2022

Aircraft Design

Building tomorrow’s firefighting tankers

By Cat Hofacker June 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Joby: Results of noise tests show aircraft would be quiet enough for cities

By Paul Brinkmann May 10, 2022

Aircraft Design

Life without flap track fairings

By Aerospace America May 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Seeking certification

By Aaron Karp May 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Site visit: Textron Aviation’s Wichita, Kansas, facilities

By Paul Brinkmann April 29, 2022

Aircraft Design

Georgia Tech wins AIAA annual aircraft competition after days of wind warnings

By Paul Brinkmann April 25, 2022

Aircraft Design

Vertical flight without rotors

By Aaron Karp April 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Hydrogen evangelist

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Air taxi trailblazer

By Cat Hofacker February 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Start your motors

By Cat Hofacker January 1, 2022

Aircraft Design

Bio-inspired

By Jan Tegler February 1, 2021

Aircraft Design

Improving dimmable windows for aircraft

By Keith Button January 5, 2021

Aircraft Design

Meet the demonstrator that could bring back supersonic passenger travel

By Cat Hofacker October 7, 2020

Aircraft Design

Taking the fight to the night

By Jan Tegler August 23, 2020

Aircraft Design

Futuristic flow control

By Aerospace America April 1, 2020

Aircraft Design

Inspired by fish

By Christine Fisher February 1, 2020

Aircraft Design

Quest for 90,000 feet

By Keith Button November 1, 2019

Aircraft Design

For Vahana, a study in coping with complexity

By Keith Button June 1, 2019

Aircraft Design

Stakes raised for NASA’s planned supersonic X-plane

By Tom Risen October 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

What Apollo 11 says about our future

By Ben Iannotta August 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

Out of the fish bowl

By Ben Iannotta August 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

Making 3D-printed parts for Boeing 787s

By Cat Hofacker August 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

For supersonic passenger travel, noise is not the only question mark

By Tom Risen August 30, 2018

Aircraft Design

UK fighter concept emphasizes stealth, next generation sensors

By Tom Risen August 14, 2018

Aircraft Design

Samad Aerospace targets passenger flight with electric e-Starling

By Tom Risen July 17, 2018

Aircraft Design

High-flying Zephyr S tests endurance over Arizona

By Tom Risen July 17, 2018

Aircraft Design

Containing a blade-out

By Keith Button July 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

Fighting for “Future Vertical Lift”

By Jan Tegler July 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

NASA prepares X-59 cost pledge for Congress

By Tom Risen June 29, 2018

Aircraft Design

Bell’s innovation chief outlines mobility strategy

By Ben Iannotta June 28, 2018

Aircraft Design

Boeing’s next ecoDemonstrator will be a 787 Dreamliner

By Tom Risen June 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

Symbiosis: Why CFD and wind tunnels need each other

By Joe Stumpe May 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

Sustaining complex aerospace systems

By Aerospace America April 30, 2018

Aircraft Design

NASA to survey Galveston residents on sonic thump

By Keith Button April 30, 2018

Aircraft Design

Personal aircraft: Why the revolution won’t happen

By Aerospace America April 30, 2018

Aircraft Design

Grading the MQ-25

By Jan Tegler April 30, 2018

Aircraft Design

U.S. lawmakers aim to protect FAA’s clean aviation research

By Tom Risen April 26, 2018

Aircraft Design

Late-night work helps Clarkson University win AIAA’s remote aircraft contest

By Joe Stumpe April 22, 2018

Aircraft Design

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works will build NASA’s supersonic X-plane

By Tom Risen April 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

Wringing out the risks

By Keith Button March 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

Research reboot

By Aerospace America February 28, 2018

Aircraft Design

2017 Collier Trophy Nominees Announced

By Tom Risen February 5, 2018

Aircraft Design

NASA Langley Director Dave Bowles interview

By Aerospace America February 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

Meeting millennials

By Amanda Miller February 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

Performance predictor

By Joe Stumpe February 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

NASA report to chart new approach to aircraft design

By Keith Button February 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher interview

By Ben Iannotta February 1, 2018

Aircraft Design

Welcoming Dan Dumbacher

By Aerospace America January 31, 2018

Aircraft Design

X-ray vision

By Aerospace America January 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

U.S. Marines consider future of helo autonomy kit

By Aerospace America January 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

Sky taxis: How to make them a reality

By Tom Risen January 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

Growing up among aircraft

By Debra Werner January 2, 2018

Aircraft Design

The angel in the details

By Ben Iannotta November 30, 2017

Aircraft Design

Curiosity sparked career as conceptual design engineer

By Debra Werner November 30, 2017

Aircraft Design

NASA to get 2nd opinion on futuristic airliner design

By Tom Risen November 16, 2017

Aircraft Design

Magic material

By Keith Button October 30, 2017

Aircraft Design

Champion for aviation safety

By Tom Risen October 30, 2017

Aircraft Design

HyperSizing the largest aircraft

By Aerospace America October 30, 2017

Aircraft Design

A blueprint for attracting and retaining talent

By Aerospace America September 28, 2017

Aircraft Design

“Every kid loves planes and rockets, right?’

By Debra Werner September 28, 2017

Aircraft Design

Electric plane viability

By Aerospace America August 31, 2017

Aircraft Design

B-21 Bomber Faces Anti-stealth Tech

By Tom Risen August 4, 2017

Aircraft Design

For NASA’s X-57 electric plane, more battery tests ahead

By Tom Risen July 31, 2017

Aircraft Design

Supersonics Gain Momentum on Capitol Hill

By Tom Risen July 18, 2017

Aircraft Design

Helicopter crash investigator hopes to work himself out of a job

By Tom Risen June 27, 2017

Aircraft Design

Robotic landing legs

By Keith Button June 27, 2017

Aircraft Design

Uber, NASA: Stop saying “flying cars”

By Tom Risen June 27, 2017

Aircraft Design

Fly the electric skies

By Aerospace America June 27, 2017

Aircraft Design

F-35A Flights Target Cost Curve

By Tom Risen June 23, 2017

Aircraft Design

Uber, NASA: Stop Saying ‘Flying Cars’

By Tom Risen June 9, 2017

Aircraft Design

Soaring education

By Aerospace America May 31, 2017

Aircraft Design

3-D center joins real, virtual design

By Joe Stumpe May 31, 2017

Aircraft Design

In defense of “drones”

By Ben Iannotta May 1, 2017

Aircraft Design

Wanted: “Aircraft carrier 
in the sky”

By Keith Button May 1, 2017

Aircraft Design

Space camp sold her on aerospace engineering

By Debra Werner May 1, 2017

Aircraft Design

War on wiring

By Aerospace America May 1, 2017

Aircraft Design

USC overcomes crash to win AIAA’s remote aircraft competition

By Joe Stumpe April 25, 2017

Aircraft Design

Envisioning “designer aerospace materials”

By Keith Button April 17, 2017

Aircraft Design

Reprieve

By Aerospace America April 17, 2017

Aircraft Design

New blueprint, old dream

By Debra Werner March 6, 2017

Aircraft Design

Stall recovery

By Aerospace America March 6, 2017

Aircraft Design

Why modern planes crash

By Aerospace America February 9, 2017

Aircraft Design

At the center of the X-plane revival

By Ben Iannotta February 9, 2017

Aircraft Design

100 years of Langley

By Debra Werner February 1, 2017

Aircraft Design

Flying fast, flying quiet

By Keith Button January 27, 2017