NASA used the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1990s to study high-speed flight, propulsion, sonic booms and hypersonic technologies at ...

Autonomous air taxi developer Wisk Aero is wind-tunnel testing a subscale model of its pilotless aircraft at Boeing’s V/STOL Wind Tunnel (BVWT) facility in Philadelphia. The aerodynamics testing will ...

Scaled Composites' Model 437 Vanguard Loyal Wingman prototype has taken to the air for the first time. On August 29, 2024, the aircraft took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California with test ...

(Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. has started conducting flight trials of its 777-9 aircraft with US regulators on board, achieving a milestone toward certifying its jumbo airliner after years of setbacks. The ...

The Bell X-2 Starbuster pushed flight beyond Mach 3 and 126,000 feet, advancing research on extreme speeds and paving the way ...

The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making ...

The Atropos Group has completed a subscale flight-test model of the autonomous Tacit Spear cargo aircraft within six months of launching the company. A photo released to Aviation Week presents the ...

Swiss start-up Jekta plans next month to begin flight testing a scale model of the amphibious hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft it aims to bring to market next decade. The company released images ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites single-engine, V-tail Model 437 prototype made its first flight from Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Aug. 29. Dubbed the “Digital ...