This year marks the 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Airbus A380, the double-decker, wide-body aircraft that remains the largest passenger plane ever built. At 10:30 am local time on April ...

China’s domestically developed ton-class unmanned transport aircraft, Tianma-1000, completed its maiden flight on January 11.

Instead of mechanics chasing paperwork, they can focus on what they do best, which is actually maintaining the aircraft.” ...

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered ...

The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB#2) successfully performed its flight campaign, testing a new semi-morphing wing, as well as on-ground structural tests of a novel composite outer wing box.

Credit: Victoria Moores Dutch Embraer E-Jet operator KLM Cityhopper sees potential to test innovative regional aircraft technologies on specific routes and potentially start a new sub-fleet of ...

A plane landed at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot’s help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their ...

The Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics Agency said it tested remote operation of drones using tablets from inside a helicopter and autonomous flight navigation. The Japan Ministry of Defence’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ...

Kingston University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from ...

Not many 70-year-olds can set endurance or distance records. But the U-2 spy plane did both on July 31. It took off from Beale Air Force Base in California and flew a zig-zag lap around the ...

Seventy-five years after a U.S. Air Force transport plane disappeared over the Yukon with 44 people aboard, a team of volunteers and investigators plans to use artificial intelligence and satellite ...