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Introducing Quesst: speed never sounded so quiet
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
The mission's centerpiece is the sleek research plane known as the X-59, which Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is currently building in Palmdale, California. Quesst...
China's self-developed floating airship breaks record
May 18, 2022 (XNA)
Developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the floating airship "Jimu No.1" type III has a volume of 9,...
Major boost for sustainable aviation research
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
The Net Zero Research Airport project won the funding from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) Net Zero pilot funding scheme, an 18.9 million p...
China's zero-Covid policy to hit Asia aviation recovery: IATA
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
The world's second-biggest economy is seeking to stamp out the coronavirus entirely, with rapid lockdowns and mass testing, and the measures have hammered both ...
Flight data shows China Eastern jet deliberately crashed: report
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
China Eastern flight MU5375 was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou on March 21 when it inexplicably plunged from an altitude of 29,000 feet into a mountainsid...
Indian PM skips opening of Nepal's Chinese-built airport
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
But Narendra Modi flew by helicopter directly from a nearby Indian airport to the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini, bypassing the new facility as his Nepali count...
Tibet Airlines passenger jet catches fire
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
The flight, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to Tibet's Nyingchi when "abnormalities" were noticed and ...
Airbus partners with MAGicALL to develop the electric motors of CityAirbus NextGen
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
The detailed customisation of CityAirbus NextGen's electric propulsion system will enable the prototype to benefit from features that will match its unique desi...
World View partners with SET to collect scientific data on earth's stratosphere
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
ARMAS data from these flights will help World View and SET develop a deeper understanding of Earth's high-altitude environments and the stratosphere. The high-f...
Air Force medical professionals learn craft in AFRL simulators
May 10, 2022 (SPX)
The 502nd Trainer Development Squadron has been working with USAFSAM since the '90s when it was at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, said Michael B. ...
Denmark, Sweden summoning Russian envoys over airspace breaches
May 01, 2022 (AFP)
Officials said the plane entered Danish airspace on Friday evening east of the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm before flying into Swedish airspace. "The Russia...
Turkey air force pulls out of exercise in Athens; Says Greek jets violating airpsace
Apr 30, 2022 (AFP)
The military exercise dubbed "Tiger Meet" is intended to promote solidarity between the participating states' fleets and is held annually. This year, it will ta...
magniX teams aims to accelerate electric flight for commercial aviation
Apr 29, 2022 (SPX)
Air Tindi, a commercial operator from Yellowknife, Canadian Northwest Territories, will provide the aircraft. AeroTEC of Seattle, Washington, USA is a leader in...
Airbus and ITA Airways partner to develop urban air mobility in Italy
Apr 28, 2022 (SPX)
The agreement foresees a joint approach toward local mobility stakeholders in order to onboard additional partners for the safe and sustainable launch of operat...
Lignin-based jet fuel packs more power for less pollution
Apr 28, 2022 (SPX)
Using a range of tests and predictions, the researchers examined fuel properties critical to jet engine operation, including seal swell, density, efficiency, an...
Altitude chambers hit rare 50,000-foot mark for manned research
Apr 27, 2022 (AFRL)
"The RACs have one-of-a-kind capability for the DOD, housed right here at Wright Patterson," Kercher said. "As for the civilian enterprise, multiple altitude ch...
Boeing shares dive as 777X delay, Air Force One woes lead to $1.2 bn loss
Apr 27, 2022 (AFP)
Shares were down around nine percent at $152.30 in early trading after Boeing's results badly missed analyst expectations and revealed yet another delay with it...
Advanced Air Mobility Plans for Vertiports
Apr 26, 2022 (SPX)
NASA's Advanced Air Mobility mission is researching where these vertiports or vertiplexes, which are multiple vertiports in proximity, will work into existing i...
China reinforces tight control over plane crash mystery
Apr 21, 2022 (AFP)
In the immediate aftermath of the crash, China's ruling Communist Party moved quickly to control information, revving up its censorship machine as media outlets...
China plane crash report does not identify cause
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
In March, a China Eastern plane was flying between Kunming and Guangzhou when it nosedived into a mountainside, disintegrating on impact and claiming the lives ...
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