GPS interference now a major flight safety concern for airline industry
You're wrong to think that jammin' was a thing of the past
Networks29 Jan 2024 | 72
Aerospace
United Airlines’ patience with Boeing is maxed out after repeated safety issues
Plans for life without the 737 Max 10 after CEO rated door plug blowout 'the straw that broke the camel's back'
Offbeat23 Jan 2024 | 90
Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets
Just as Secretary of State's 737 goes on the Blink(en) at Davos
Public Sector18 Jan 2024 | 30
Apple sets new 16,000-foot iPhone drop test after 737 fuselage fail
Kit sucked out of Alaska Airlines 1282 found on the side of the road
Personal Tech08 Jan 2024 | 119
DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025
Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk?
Offbeat04 Jan 2024 | 65
Stratolaunch takes ready-to-fly hypersonic craft skyward, but still no launch
Scheduled summer Mach 5 flight deadline came and went
Science06 Dec 2023 | 12
NARROWER TOPICS
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
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