The system can be reconfigured in real time while the X-plane is still in the air. The US Air Force's X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) is one of the world's premiere flying ...

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.

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.

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 ...

In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration ...

How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...

Quarterhorse, Hermeus' autonomous, high-speed aircraft, is slated to fly for the first time this summer. (Hermeus) Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus unveiled its Quarterhorse aircraft on Thursday at ...

In early August 2025, Joby Aviation (Santa Cruz, Calif., U.S.) has announced recent business developments, including that it is preparing for final assembly of its first conforming aircraft intended ...

ESSINGTON, Pa., September 10, 2024 (Newswire.com) – In an aviation milestone, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) successfully conducted the first flight of its innovative proof of concept tilt-duct ...