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Engineers achieve historic first with state-of-the-art aircraft test: 'Will show the world just how far we've come'

It's a pretty safe bet that you didn't fly to work this morning, but that could change sooner than you think. A new kind of aircraft just pulled off something that's never been done in Europe. The Axe ...

NASA, GE aerospace hybrid engine system marks successful test

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard ...
Victorville Daily Press

Boom Supersonic aircraft expects to break sound barrier over Mojave Desert

The countdown has begun for the XB-1’s “historic” first supersonic test flight that should break the sound barrier, according to Boom Supersonic. The test flight for the Boom Supersonic XB-1, a ...
Business Wire

Joby Achieves Testing Landmark with Piloted Aircraft

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced it has reached a landmark moment in its ...
Aviation Week

Poseidon's adventure continues with third test aircraft

Boeing's P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 successfully completed its first flight test in Seattle on July 29. T3 is the P-8A program's mission-system and weapon-certification aircraft. During the two-hour ...
Aviation Week

Fourth aircraft joins G650 flight test programme

A fourth aircraft is now part of the Gulfstream G650 flight-test program. The newest ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range test aircraft flew for the first time June 6 and has spent more than five hours ...