An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK, an important early step towards cleaner, l... Read more
As part of the aviation industry’s efforts to use biofuels to drive down its carbon footprint, Boeing has announced a collaboration with South African Airways and SkyNRG to produce aviation... Read more
Desert plants fed by seawater will produce biofuel more efficiently than other well-known feedstocks Boeing and research partners in the United Arab Emirates have made breakthroughs in susta... Read more
The Army used a vehicle-mounted high-energy laser for the first time to successfully engage more than 90 mortar rounds and several unmanned aerial vehicles in flight. The Army High Energy La... Read more
For the past 70 years, the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conducted ocean research and engineering. Now they are teaming up with a local submersible company to bui... Read more
An unmanned, fly-by-wire F-16 should be quite capable of performing maneuvers at 9Gs Boeing has announced that it has retrofitted a number of retired Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets with e... Read more
Boeing could work out a contracting situation in which the Pentagon asks Boeing to run specific operations with its device Unmanned systems are commonplace in the world of aviation. But it... Read more
30 percent more than the Department of Defense’s Robust Electric Laser Initiative (RELI) requirements The likelihood of lasers appearing on the battlefield was boosted last week when B... Read more
A wrench and hammer might be good for some building projects, but the nuts and bolts found in a standard garage toolbox definitely wouldn’t hit the nail on the head when it comes to co... Read more
Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward its second flight. Duri... Read more
“This technology marks a new era in modern-day warfare,” This week, science fiction became science fact as a Boeing CHAMP missile knocked out a building full of electronics in th... Read more
Experts predict near-Earth space will become difficult to navigate by mid-century unless agencies start removing the mess. Gassy outbursts from a suborbital rocket may be the cleanest way to... Read more
The technology could enter the world market within five years A WORLD-LEADING technology that makes metals lighter, stronger and more pliable has been developed in Geelong. The new ma... Read more
A manned Shuttle replacement based on the X-37B robot space plane When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time on July 21, 2011, it looked as if the notion of a manned spa... Read more
Emerging technologies are ushering in more fuel-efficient, comfortable and exotic aircraft. Get ready for the future of flight ON THE evening of July 23rd 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out... Read more