Aurora Flight Sciences

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Army has funded a demonstration project to 3D print an air-launched effect fuselage using composite materials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has completed low-speed wind tunnel tests of the blended wing body X-plane that the Boeing company is developing for a DARPA program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Fuel cell specialist Intelligent Energy has been selected to join the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Hydrogen Challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous aviation safety, communications and reliability will be advanced under three multi-year research projects award grants by NASA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Boeing-owned company received a nearly $25 million award from DARPA on Feb. 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Stop-fold tiltrotor tests; EcoPulse lessons learned; Black Hawk advanced controls; China’s AAM avionics supplier.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Bell has completed wind-tunnel testing of its proposed X-plane for a DARPA project to demonstrate a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
The agency has awarded study contracts to restart the journey toward sustainable aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
The contracts were awarded to four companies and a university.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing VTOL airlifter; Electrifying the C-130; Hover record goal for LH2 drone; Fly-drive logistics eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The Aurora concept includes two turbofan fan engines for horizontal thrust and four fans embedded into the blended wing body airframe for vertical lift.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Boeing subsidiary’s proposed version of the Liberty Lifter demonstrator features a 213-ft. wingspan and the ability to carry up 50,000 lb. of cargo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
With a takeoff weight of 54 lb., the Skiron-XLE complies with FAA Part 107 regulations for small drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The facility in Chelveston, England, is planned to be operational by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Bell has been named as the second performer under Phase 1B of a DARPA program to build a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) X-plane.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Cryoprop superconducting propulsion; North American hydrogen hub airports; Aurora’s high-speed VTOL; CAE’s electric Archer trainer.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The U.S. Department of Defense advanced its effort to deploy personnel and materiel to coastal regions by air last week.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
DARPA is likely to make a down select for a high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototype program within weeks.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Steve Trimble
Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The project is developing a digital twin of Aurora’s Skiron-X expeditionary uncrewed aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility