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Prestigious US firm Gensler has revealed plans for a striking new museum that’s dedicated to the history of test flights and historic aircraft. The building will be defined by a metallic roof that’s inspired by the distinctive angular features of the L… Continue reading Stealth-plane-inspired Flight Test Museum readies for takeoff
The US Air Force’s AFWERX technology accelerator program has announced that in December 2021 it successfully completed the first flight of an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft with an Air Force pilot at the remote controls.Continue… Continue reading USAF makes first eVTOL flight remotely controlled by an Air Force pilot
With the decision on the replacement of the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet coming down to the wire, the partners behind the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defiant have announced that their candidate advanced rotorcraft has completed its first m… Continue reading Defiant X attack helicopter completes first mission profile test flights
In an echo of the Cold War, Russia’s first newly manufactured Tupolev Tu-160M (NATO designation Backfire) supersonic nuclear heavy bomber completed its maiden flight on January 12, reaching a height of 600 m (2,000 ft) during its 30-minute test.Continu… Continue reading Full production of Russia’s Tu-160 bomber restarted after 30 years
Palo Alto startup Archer has started flight tests with its autonomous, two-seat Maker demonstration aircraft, fulfilling a promise it made when it popped out of stealth mode 18 months ago to start demo flights by the end of 2021.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Archer celebrates the first flight of its Maker eVTOL
Boeing’s Loyal Wingman prototype combat drone reached a new milestone as two of the autonomous aircraft took to the skies recently in separate flights over the Woomera Range Complex in Australia. This marks the first time that the second drone has flow… Continue reading Second Loyal Wingman combat drone takes to the air for the first time
Rolls-Royce’s high-speed, all-electric Spirit of Innovation aircraft has flown for the first time. On September 15, 2021 at 2:56 pm BST, the speedster prop plane took off from the UK Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site outside Amesbury, Wiltshire,… Continue reading Rolls-Royce’s all-electric Spirit of Innovation flies for the first time
Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 Stingray drone has successfully aerially refueled a US Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet for the first time, demonstrating that the robotic aircraft can support the 5th generation fighter during carrier operations.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading MQ-25 Stingray drone refuels F-35C mid-air for the first time
At the Langley Research Center in Virginia, NASA has completed testing of the eXternal Vision System (XVS) 4K video screen that will take the place of the forward flight deck window for its X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft.Continue Re… Continue reading NASA tests video screen to replace supersonic X-59’s cockpit window
Northrop Grumman and Martin UAV have completed flight tests of an improved version of Martin’s V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) as part of the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) competition to replace the aging RQ-7B Shadow … Continue reading Flight testing of future tactical drone for the US Army completed