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Modern Commercial Jets Create Longer Living Contrails Than Older Aircraft, Study Finds
Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found.
INSIDER Data Acquisition
EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command received its first EA-37B Compass Call on Aug. 23 for pilot training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Next Generation C-UAS Missile
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center has selected BlueHalo and Raytheon to develop Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System Missile prototypes. Read on to learn what this means.
Application Briefs Aerospace
AgilePod Brings Fiber Optic Sensing to Flight Testing
The Air Force Test Pilot School’s research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod. Read on to learn more about the topic.
Videos Test & Measurement
Boom Supersonic Completes Second Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator
Boom Supersonic recently completed the second flight of its XB-1 demonstrator. Watch this video to learn more.
INSIDER Energy
Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force
Archer Aviation Inc. completed the delivery of its first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evaluate as part of its AFWERX Agility Prime contract valued at up to $142...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Embraer Subsidiary Shows First Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype
Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturing subsidiary, has announced a significant advancement in the assembly of its first...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Embedded Processing Advancements Enable Smarter, SWAP-Optimized Avionics Displays and Computers
Avionics developers are leveraging a combination of advanced software and scalable system-on-chip (SoC) processing modules to pack more capabilities into smaller form factors for current and next generation aircraft. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Aerospace
The New Airbus Wingman Aircraft
Airbus presented a new prototype Wingman concept aircraft at the 2024 International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin. Read on to learn all about it.
Application Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System
Hensoldt, Lufthansa Technik Defense, and Bombardier Defense provided a significant program update on the highly-specialized modification work on the Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System (PEGASUS) aircraft at the 2024 Berlin Air Show. Read on to learn more.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
First Air Force Unmanned Traffic Management System Deployed at MacDill
Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
US Army Needs to Improve How New Equipment is Fielded, Report Says
Since 2021, the U.S. Army has invested $46.5 billion into developing new weapons and fielding them faster. However, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Navy, Marine Corps Test New Laser System for Precision Aircraft Painting
A new capability at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) is streamlining the aircraft painting process, allowing the depot to decrease maintenance turnaround time and...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being...
INSIDER Energy
Archer Aviation Completes Midnight eVTOL Transition Flight Milestone
Archer Aviation has completed the first transition flight of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. According to a June 8 announcement,...
INSIDER Aerospace
Skunk Works Successfully Demonstrates AI in Air-To-Air Tactical Intercepts
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works partnered with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to demonstrate the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...
INSIDER Aerospace
Boeing Adopts New Airplane Manufacturing Quality and Safety Metrics
Boeing has published a new 11-page summary of actions being implemented to prevent airplane manufacturing quality and safety issues such as those that led to the...
INSIDER Design
Electra Starts Proving Blown Lift eSTOL Technology
Electra.aero has completed the first test flights of its piloted blown-lift hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) demonstrator aircraft, EL-2. According to a May 29...
Application Briefs AR/AI
AI Algorithms Pilot X-62A in First Aerial Dogfight
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have reported another major breakthrough for the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms or “agents” that have been flying their modified F-16 test aircraft known as VISTA X-62A in a series of flight tests since 2022.
Application Briefs Manned Systems
Morphing Aircraft Systems
Inspired by natural phenomena, a Purdue research team is developing morphing systems for hypersonic vehicles that respond to their environment.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Flight Test
ITE-12 was the next ‘big-step’ in LRASM’s evolution. The successful test was a graduation exercise for the missiles’ latest configuration and lays the foundation for increased capabilities to come.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Lilium Starts Production of eVTOL Jet Batteries
The company describes its battery back as comprised of lithium-ion cells with silicon-dominant anodes that will allow for higher energy, power, and fast-charging capabilities than graphite anode cells. The battery packs are being designed to meet EASA’s aircraft safety requirements.
Briefs Manned Systems
New Research on Noise Reduction for Next Generation Aircraft Engines
A study published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, reveals for the first time how noise is generated and propagated from these engines, technically known as boundary layer ingesting (BLI) ducted fans.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
UK Flight Test Evaluates "Un-Jammable" Quantum Navigation Systems
In a first-of-its-kind achievement, the U.K. has successfully completed commercial flight trials of advanced quantum-based navigation systems that cannot be jammed or...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Airbus Launches Cryoprop to Demonstrate Future of Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new technological demonstrator to accelerate the maturation of superconducting technologies...
INSIDER Aerospace
Chevron Waiver Unlocks New Era for BVLOS Commercial Drone Operations in US
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 8, 2024 issued a first-of-its kind exemption to Pennsylvania-based drone maker American Aerospace Technologies,...
INSIDER Aerospace
Four Quantum Computing Aviation Applications Being Researched by Airbus
Airbus recently published an update on some of the latest research and development that the Toulouse, France-based airplane maker has been exploring around the use...
Application Briefs Aerospace
UAV In-Flight Software Upgrades
During a recent demonstration, Collins Aerospace and Parasanti proved they could use UAVs to install software upgrades on other UAVs to update them in-flight.
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Starliner to Perform Uncrewed Return Flight From International Space Station...
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Archer Delivers First Midnight eVTOL to US Air Force
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EA-37B Compass Call: The US Air Force's New Electronic Attack Aircraft
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Modern Commercial Jets Create Longer Living Contrails Than Older Aircraft,...
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