Largest US unmanned aircraft completes first operational test flight

U.S. Navy’s massive MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone completes maiden flight, marking critical progress toward autonomous carrier ...
Nature

Aerodynamic Modeling and Flight Testing of Aircraft

Aerodynamic modelling and flight testing remain at the forefront of aircraft design and verification, providing the essential linkage between computational simulations and real-world performance.
Avionics International

Navy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight

The first Boeing MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft conducted its first flight test on April 25, a year ...
Flightglobal

Flight-control issue prompts NASA and Lockheed to move X-59 back inside for troubleshooting

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.
New Atlas

New system lets X-62A aircraft adjust flight control behavior in the air

The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air. The US Air Force's X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the world's premiere flying ...
FLYING Magazine on MSN

Boeing's Wisk Aero Doubles Autonomous Air Taxi Test Fleet

Company's second Generation 6 eVTOL prototype completes first flight.
Flightglobal

Honda Aircraft completes Garmin Autoland certification flight testing for Elite II

Honda Aircraft has completed certification flight testing for the Garmin Autoland emergency landing system on its HondaJet HA-420 Elite II, moving closer to becoming the first twin-turbine very light ...
Nature

Aircraft Performance and Flight Control Systems

Aircraft performance and flight control systems together determine an aeroplane’s ability to fly safely, efficiently and accurately along a desired trajectory. Performance considerations encompass ...
Aviation Week

Flight Control System Designs Get Smaller, More Powerful

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Flight test files: C-17 Globemaster III – The role of NASA in shaping a cargo aircraft icon

C-17 Globemaster III development relied heavily on NASA research, combining advanced aerodynamics, STOL capability and fly-by ...
SUAS News

Piasecki Aircraft Achieves Historic Milestone With First Flight of Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Tilt-Duct VTOL Vehicle

In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration ...
Aviation Today

Piasecki Aircraft Achieves Historic Milestone With First Flight of Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Tilt-Duct VTOL Vehicle – Sept. 10

ESSINGTON, Pa., September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) – In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct ...