By Cat Hofacker
April 1, 2024
Amy Edmondson, organizational psychologist and professor at Harvard Business School
By Keith Button
March 1, 2024
A decade ago this month, a Malaysia Airlines jet took off into the night with 239 aboard, and neither the plane nor those on it were ever seen again. MH370 remains the greatest mystery in the history of civil air transportation. Could a modern jet vanish today without explanation? Keith Button investigates.
By Aaron Karp
November 1, 2023
The two companies that manufacture the vast majority of the world’s airliners, Airbus and Boeing, have diametrically opposed visions about the kind of aircraft and fuels that will be required if the air transport industry is to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. In our September issue, we took a close look at Airbus’ vision, “A Manhattan Project for the climate.” Now, Aaron Karp looks at Boeing’s thinking.
By Keith Button
May 1, 2023
The spate of near collisions at U.S. airports this year has energized discussions in the industry over technical and human factors solutions. An alert system rolled out so far to only 20 airports in the U.S. could point the way. Keith Button tells the story.
By Karen Kwon
February 1, 2023
Planning a passenger aircraft’s route has historically been a manual process for the specialists in airline operations centers. Now some dispatchers have a new tool: Artificial intelligence software that can rifle through weather, flight congestion and other data faster than a person can. This could be a timesaver, not just for dispatchers but for the flying public. Karen Kwon tells the story.
By Aaron Karp
July 1, 2022
By Keith Button
September 2, 2019
Cockpit voice and data recorders almost always survive crashes, but finding them can take years if they are ever recovered. Two concepts could potentially solve that problem, but regulators have yet to embrace either of them. Keith Button looks at the technical and regulatory questions swirling around this issue.
September 27, 2018
Just because hackers have not brought down a commercial aircraft or paralyzed global air travel does not mean it can’t happen. Cybersecurity strategist
James Vasatka offers a blueprint for commercial aviation cybersecurity.
By Debra Werner
February 28, 2018
Meteorologists might have a way to wave pilots around dangerous pockets of cold air
February 1, 2018
Options for conducting experiments are about to grow
By Joe Stumpe
February 1, 2018
Researchers work on a computational tool to predict the performance of long, narrow wings
By Tom Risen
February 1, 2018
DENNIS MUILENBURG
By Tom Risen
January 2, 2018
Nancy Graham
By Tom Risen
January 2, 2018
Pioneers aim to bring urban air mobility to the masses
By Joe Stumpe
October 31, 2017
Airline industry embraces drones as cost-saver
By Tom Risen
October 30, 2017
MARY SCHIAVO
By Ben Iannotta
October 30, 2017
By Keith Button
September 28, 2017
By Keith Button
August 31, 2017
One hurdle has been the inability to accurately model partially melted ice crystals
August 31, 2017
ATA Engineering needed a prototype of its Engine Air Brake
August 31, 2017
Airline passengers and crews can look for some bold innovations in technology
By Tom Risen
June 27, 2017
VINCENT CAPEZZUTO
June 27, 2017
A weather-data transformation is playing out in cockpits
By Adam Hadhazy
June 27, 2017
Reinvigorating short-haul flight with hybrid-electric aircraft
By Keith Button
May 31, 2017
Examining the aerospace industry’s next-generation software
By Ben Iannotta
May 31, 2017
By Tom Risen
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
Elaine Motyka of Technetics Group shares an insider's account
May 1, 2017
A look at the payoffs and challenges of removing wires from airlines
By Debra Werner
March 6, 2017
March 6, 2017
Businesses are racing to meet an FAA mandate for training
By Debra Werner
February 7, 2017
Nadia Zerelli, 33, Senior Manager, Heat Transfer and Secondary Air System Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Coupling at MTU Aero Engines
By Keith Button
January 27, 2017
The curves and features of Lockheed Martin’s supersonic X-plane model have specific purposes in the quest to show the feasibility of Mach 1-plus passenger jets.
November 22, 2016
Infrared cameras provide better vision
By Vahid Norouzalibeik
October 18, 2016
Preventing ground personnel from damaging aircraft
By Keith Button
October 18, 2016
Technologists undaunted by doubts over impact on aircraft designs
By Michael Peck
October 18, 2016
Voice-controlled cockpits would have advantages
