Aircraft

NASA has released three concept art images showing its X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane in its final configuration. The X-57 is shown in its Mod IV form, which includes 5-ft diameter wingtip propellers to recover energy from wingtip vortices.

The final test prototype of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation's SpaceJet M90, in its certifiable baseline configuration, has made its maiden flight. It flew for two hours over the Pacific Ocean for basic performance tests before returning to base.

Scientists are continually looking at better ways to prevent ice buildup on planes, among them a Northwestern University team that is claiming a new surface coating inspired by mint leaves can reduce frost formation by up to 60 percent.

Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream Aerospace have scored a double first as the Gulfstream G700 business jet and two Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines made their maiden flights at the same time from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.

As part of plans to establish a flying taxi service in the region, and ultimately across the world, Volocopter has joined with ridesharing company Grab on a new feasibility study to uncover high-potential routes between megacities in Southeast Asia.

Although they're really just ice crystals, the contrails left by airliners aren't entirely innocuous. According to a new study, however, changing the altitude of flights by just 2,000 feet could greatly reduce their effect on the environment.

Boeing has delivered the first improved F/A-18 Super Hornet to the US Navy with two more to follow before May. The Block III upgrades of the fighter are part of a Service Life Modification program that will extend the aircraft's service life.

The Tiny House Guys reckons that Aero Tiny is Australia's most unique tiny house and it may well have a point. It's made from an airplane fuselage section that was used to train cabin crews and comes complete with a fully-functional airplane door.

As part of an effort to make firefighting safer and more effective, Elbit Systems has demonstrated a new high-altitude, high-precision aerial firefighting system that allows aircraft to drop fire suppressants from much higher altitudes.

The US Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet supersonic tactical fighter received a new lease on life in late 2019 when a Block III version of the aircraft flew for the first time equipped with an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod.

Rolls-Royce has revealed the radical state-of-the-art jet engine that will power the UK's Tempest fighter plane when it enters service in 2035. The new engine will provide unprecedented amounts of electricity to power future energy weapons.

There is no shortage of aviation startups out to build self-flying aircraft from the ground up, but California-based Skyryse has adopted a slightly different approach, with flight technologies designed to be fitted to existing helicopters.