modern flying

Company’s XB-1 ‘Baby Boom’ demonstrator breaks the sound barrier at Mojave Air & Space Port in California, where the first supersonic flight occurred in 1947.

Governor’s office and Department of Transportation will support a collaboration between Beta Technologies and 47G.

Matternet founder and CEO Andreas Raptopoulos says the company will bring drone delivery to Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

In a letter to his replacement, outgoing NASA leader Bill Nelson emphasizes the agency’s activities ‘transcend the length of a single administration.’

Though Prime Air drones experienced multiple crashes during testing in recent months, the company points to a software upgrade as the main reason for the pause.

Two astronauts, including Starliner crewmember Suni Williams, step out to perform station maintenance.

Autonomous system sends drones, rather than humans, to capture images in hard-to-reach places, allowing personnel to analyze them remotely.

Partner SkySafe last year spotted 12 rogue drones flying over golf courses hosting the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open.

Skyryse, developer of the SkyOS operating system for flight, will work with the military to equip the utility helicopters with automated systems.

Multiple aircraft flying over and near the Caribbean are forced to divert, according to flight tracking data.