Archer Aviation has moved to the next phase of its Midnight aircraft flight test programme, launching piloted flight operations. This phase follows years of autonomous flight testing across Archer’s ...

Aerodynamic modelling and flight testing remain at the forefront of aircraft design and verification, providing the essential linkage between computational simulations and real-world performance.

As a result, flight testing is vastly sped up because the aircraft can shift to a new iteration without having to land and head back to the hangar. In addition, SAFE uses AI and machine learning to ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Aviation today announced that its Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 prototype aircraft took to the skies for the first time in early October. The announcement of this ...

The US Navy (USN) has completed its first test flight using an uncrewed aircraft control station that will be installed on the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers. In a demonstration event on 7 ...

Skyryse, which began integrating its SkyOS universal flight operating system on the Black Hawk three months ago, on Tuesday ...

In November, Beta Technologies (South Burlington, Vt., U.S.) announced completion of its first Alia conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft flight, which was also the first electric aircraft ...

The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker ...

The Navy confirms Boeing’s MQ-25 will not fly in 2025 as expected, shifting the pivotal test to early 2026 while ground checks and certification continue.

Wisk Aero has completed the first flight of its full-scale Gen 6 autonomous eVTOL air taxi, marking a significant step in its ...

Tests showed that the system can supply power to aircraft flying up to 5,000 feet. PowerLight said that safety was a key ...

In late November, airlines around the world were told to urgently ground planes within their Airbus A320 fleets.