Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks' delight Ransomware group nicked info from employee of airline, say researchers Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 1
UK flights disrupted by 'technical issue' with air traffic computer system British Bank Holiday blues as flight plans have to be filed by hand Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 159
Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now Science24 Aug 2023 | 107
US Air Force burns more money on electric flying taxis Waiting on that thumbs up from the FAA Bootnotes31 Jul 2023 | 14
NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight If it works, the X-59 could enable a new era of commercial supersonic travel that doesn't shatter windows Science07 Jul 2023 | 125
Boeing discovers Dreamliner defect, delivery delay decided Better than not delaying it, we suppose Offbeat07 Jun 2023 | 34
Bookings open for first all-electric flights around Scandinavia … in 2028 You'll need to be fast to score one of 30 tickets for planes that don't go very far Offbeat02 Jun 2023 | 50
North Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprised Bootnotes31 May 2023 | 10
Airline puts international passengers on the scales pre-flight An aircraft mass properties engineer and an eating disorder therapist weigh in on Air New Zealand's plan Science31 May 2023 | 122
SpaceX's second attempt at orbital Starship launch ends in fireball 'Rapid unscheduled disassembly' could apply to much of Musk's world Science20 Apr 2023 | 234
SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes Science17 Apr 2023 | 37
The cause of last December's failed satellite launch? Nozzle material, says ESA Arianespace Vega-C rocket failure sent two Airbus satellites into the Atlantic Ocean Science06 Mar 2023 | 8
US military spends weekend shooting down Useless Floating Objects You wait years for unidentified aerial phenomena then three turn up at once Offbeat13 Feb 2023 | 61
US Air Force signs $344m deal for hypersonic Mayhem aircraft Part missile, part spy plane, all Mach 5+ and coming in 2028, maybe Science19 Dec 2022 | 21
Calamity capsule: Boeing's Starliner losses approaching $1B Troubled space capsule cost $195 million this quarter, bringing total losses on it since 2020 to $883m Science27 Oct 2022 | 34
Scientists model turbulence to boost space propulsion Running direct numerical simulation on 'an industrial scale' HPC12 Oct 2022 | 10
Airbus auctions off bits from retired A380 superjumbo jet Souvenirs, novelties, party tricks. Your chance to snag a piece of the largest passenger jet in the world Bootnotes04 Oct 2022 | 18
Heart now pledges 30-seat hybrid electric commercial flights by 2028 We've heard something like this before ... Boss suggests earlier design wasn't that useful to industry Bootnotes16 Sep 2022 | 75
American Airlines reserves 50 flying taxis Making down payment to Vertical Aerospace for VX4 electric VTOL fleet Offbeat18 Jul 2022 | 19
NASA to commission independent UFO study The truth is out there, and the space agency intends to find it – scientifically Science10 Jun 2022 | 28
FAA to airlines: 5G-sensitive radio altimeters have to go Affected jet equipment will need retrofitting and eventual replacement, agency warns Networks04 May 2022 | 24
Rocket Lab to attempt mid-air recovery of descending booster Doing anything Friday night? Fancy watching someone try to catch a rocket with a helicopter? Science28 Apr 2022 | 29
What will life in orbit look like after the ISS? NASA hands out new space station contracts The end is coming, and nobody wants a homeless 'naut Science03 Dec 2021 | 42
One white cat and a volcano short of a Bond villain: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck shows off the 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron updated, but the Spectre of SpaceX looms Bootnotes03 Dec 2021 | 26
International investors gobble up Brit satellite specialist Inmarsat Nom-nom-nom, says hungry private equity type Triton Bidco On-Prem25 Mar 2019 | 11
Boeing 737 pilots battled confused safety system that plunged aircraft to their deaths – black box Data suggests one of plane's many brains was stuck in anti-stall mode Software27 Nov 2018 | 181
Flying robots are great... until they meet flying humans, anyway Drone traffic management, or 'how to regulate the skies' Edge + IoT17 May 2017 | 28
Blighty's £1.2bn space industry could lend itself to tourism – report That'll be Beardy Branson's mob, then Science12 Apr 2017 | 24
Singapore Airlines 777 catches fire after engine alarm Passengers, crew evacuated safely Bootnotes27 Jun 2016 | 61
DARPA's 'flying wing' drone inches closer to lift-off Your TERN, Northrop Grumman Science27 Jun 2016 | 28
NASA flashes cash at advanced aerospace concepts Tensegrity, magnetoshells and plasmonic propulsion Science16 May 2016 | 23
Boeing CEO says no more 'moonshots' after 787 Dreamliner ordeal Next decade to be about fewer risks, lower costs On-Prem22 May 2014 | 78
SILENCE of the OWLS may mean real-life 'Whisper Mode' for Black Helicopters The order is: Engage the Silent Drive Science25 Nov 2013 | 53
EU ponders £30bn BAE-EADS mega aerospace-military borg Brussels sayin' yes to gov's pieces o' eight could make or break deal Legal19 Sep 2012 | 13
NASA funds sexy, stealthy, sideways supersonic flying wing With just one small problem ... Science31 Aug 2012 | 96
BAE coughs another $79m over US war-tech violations Accepts 'enhanced US review' of UK programmes On-Prem17 May 2011 | 8
Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE than we thought Analysis RAF gets just 107 jets – and new budget trainwreck looms Legal03 Mar 2011 | 192
China's 'stealth fighter' flies – brown trouser time, or not? Analysis Benefits the US aerospace industry more than China's Science12 Jan 2011 | 106
Robo stealth bomber piggybacks on NASA's shuttle jumbo Pic Desperate Boeing brings Phantom Ray show to California Science14 Dec 2010 | 22
DARPA: Hypersonic strato-ship crackup was no biggie Preps second Shuttle-envelope-buster for 2011 Science18 Nov 2010 | 25
The best mad scientist memoir of the year Book review Zuppero's zingy tale of space travel and bonkers weaponry Science15 Nov 2009 | 17
Five-year-mission solar stratocruiser prototype is go $155m 'Vulture II' robosunbird gets off drawing board Science21 Sep 2009 | 7
No more Eurofighters for RAF, despite 232-jet pact Spiralling costs unlock UK ejector seat Legal21 Aug 2009 | 28
Jetpod 'flying taxi' inventor dies in prototype crash VQSTOL city-hopper pranged in Malaysia Science17 Aug 2009 | 19
X-51 ordinary-fuel scramjet to fly in December Could offer scope for combo turbo/scram runway jets Science05 Aug 2009 | 24
F-22 may live on: Cheap secondhand Eurofighters on offer Paris Airshow Classic jet for sale, one careful owner, hardly flown Legal19 Jun 2009 | 25
Minority Report command sales system pushes Euro UAV Paris Airshow Touchscreens: Combat maybe, marketing for sure Science16 Jun 2009 | 15
Israel to test ducted-fan robot air jeep 'within two months' Paris Airshow Auto-stabilised for windowsill boarding Science16 Jun 2009 | 24
Paris Airshow kicks off Paris Airshow Ils montent diddly vers le haut et encore vers le haut Science16 Jun 2009 | 13
Virgin space mothership test details posted online Bottom-smack brouhaha shakes 'black' mindset? Science22 May 2009 | 7
Supersonic stealth jumpjet passes hover thrust test Pic Lockheed produces unprecedented amount of hot air Science24 Apr 2009 | 53
Obama & Gates vs the US military-industrial complex Analysis Battle of Porkbarrel Hill begins Legal07 Apr 2009 | 26
Blighty orders first 3 supersonic stealth jumpjets Fleet Air Arm still has tough battle ahead Legal19 Mar 2009 | 27
Gov: High-tech engineering (car making) will save Blighty Analysis Squeaky wheel gets the grease Legal11 Mar 2009 | 29
EU funds Antipodes-in-90-mins rocketliner concept Winged droptanks recovered midair by 747 sky-tugs? Science29 Jan 2009 | 42
Send old Shuttles to Mars, says Scotty ashes prang man Admits they would land with 'a pretty good thump' Science07 Jan 2009 | 67
NASA developing brain-monitor hats for airline pilots 'YOU ARE OVERSTRESSED! YOU ARE OVERSTRESSED!' Science27 Nov 2008 | 13
Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects Software21 Nov 2008 | 3
Ex-CEO says BAE's British future 'in doubt' Also: Eurofighter development far from complete Legal19 Nov 2008 | 14
BAE's bandwidth blimp-bot takes off (indoors) Branson balloon crony floats droid dirigible Science22 Oct 2008 | 14
Why flying cars are better than electric ones Comment Schizoid techno-piety condemns us all to misery Science04 Aug 2008 | 61
Farnborough Airshow goes public this weekend Farnborough Space-pod babes meet the robotic woman-brandisher Science18 Jul 2008 | 17