Portable balancing systems enable faster on-wing corrections, minimizing shop visits and easing maintenance bottlenecks.
As the first major piloted NASA X-plane to fly in a generation and the first crewed, purpose-built U.S. high-speed research aircraft since the X-15 of the 1960s, the X-59 low-boom ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN
Why engine pylon failures still haunt aging cargo jets
How can a single attachment assembly turn a routine takeoff into an unrecoverable systems emergency? That question has trailed widebody freighters for decades because the engine pylon is not just a ...
Morning Overview on MSN
China’s wild bamboo-fiber drone is 20% lighter & could shake up aviation
A Chinese research team has flight-tested a tilt-rotor drone built partly from bamboo fibers, reporting a weight reduction of more than 20% compared to an equivalent carbon-fiber design. According to ...
Forward-looking: The next major revolution in aviation may not happen at 35,000 feet, but a few hundred feet above city streets. This June, a new class of aircraft – electric and hybrid models capable ...
The Airbus A350 and A330neo represent two very different purposes in the modern era of widebody aviation.
Modern aircraft generate an astonishing amount of data in flight. Every parameter from engine performance to flight control ...
The Aviationist on MSN
DARPA's High-Speed VTOL SPRINT Aircraft Receives X-76 X-Plane Designation
DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. The DARPA ...
As airlines halt flights and detour around conflict zones, operational ripples can be subtle—but far-reaching.
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