The R&D zone within an aircraft factory is often shrouded in mystery, bearing top secret fruit. But some of the most innovative technologies to streak through the skies have sprung from collaborations ...
The American space agency plans to have a supersonic aircraft called X-59 in the air sometime this year, with a major goal in mind. It's a momentous occasion for aviation, as the research aircraft may ...
A new flight simulation controller from Honeycomb, the Echo Aviation, has already sold out, so let's take a look at this ...
The wind tunnel testing was carried out to validate the company’s Stop/Fold Jet Transition capability. Bell has completed wind tunnel testing of its X-plane model at the National Institute for ...
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NGAD X-planes explained: Test aircraft that shaped F-47 as China, Russia advance their designs
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program continues to attract attention for many reasons. One often overlooked aspect is its unusually rapid pace. Within months of awarding Boeing the contract for the crewed ...
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X-62 VISTA Begins Upgrade Program to Expand Autonomy Testing
The X-62 Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft will incorporate advanced radar and sensor integration to allow autonomy testing in more ...
After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022. In another bit of ...
As the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' flagship Aviation Forum and Ascend conferences come together for the first time in Las Vegas, Aviation Week technology editors review some of ...
Bell's revolutionary X-plane rotorcraft has received the green light to progress to the building and testing of a demonstrator aircraft. DARPA has down-selected the craft to move to Phase 2 of the ...
Production of the sixth-generation fighter component of the NGAD F-47 is advancing nicely, Boeing CEO says. Big-name manufacturer Boeing was tapped to construct the US Air Force’s Next-Generation Air ...
X planes from 1959 through 2002 were used to explore technologies that would be later used on the Space Shuttle, on fighter aircraft, and drones. X (experimental) aircraft and spacecraft were built by ...
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Bell X-1: How One Weird Plane Shattered the Sound Barrier
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
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