GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, pushing new designs to their limits to ensure safety and performance. “We are ...

An international research team boarded ESA's 86th parabolic flight campaign in May 2025 with ultralight graphene aerogels, then hit them with light during zero gravity phases to observe their reaction ...

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The US Air Force is stomping on the accelerator to field advanced hypersonic missiles as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major announce the successful completion of a flight test of ...

Archer Aviation has begun piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight testing of its Midnight eVTOL aircraft, marking a significant step toward transition flights and planned commercial ...

Progress on the path to Flight 12 continues to be focused on testing at Massey’s test site at Starbase, with Ship 39 passing multiple cryoloading objectives. The testing follows Booster 19’s ...

EVERETT, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab plans the first flight of a production 777X in April, a company document seen by Reuters shows, an important signal of progress for the ...

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...

An artist's impression of the Polaris Spaceplanes Hypersonic Test and Experimentation Vehicle (HYTEV) research vehicle. The first flight is anticipated before the end of 2027. (Polaris Spaceplanes) ...

The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter has completed flight testing, with 1,600 sorties flown without an accident. The campaign, which involved six flying prototypes, covered 13,000 test ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center removed two of its historic test stands, the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility, with carefully ...

2026 is poised to become a pivotal year for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. With a major government-backed push for the adoption of these things in the United States and several others ...