Research

Xwing will share flight and ground operations data, algorithms, and pertinent autonomous subject matter expertise with NASA. In turn, NASA researchers will use the information to develop a safety management system (SMS) where regular pilot-less flights can be integrated into the national airspace system.

Purdue and Rolls-Royce signed a testing agreement Wednesday that will give the university more than $75 million over the next 10 years.  The new agreement will fund testing and research targeted to the areas of gas turbine technology and electrical and digital technology. It’s the largest deal with an industry partner in Purdue’s history.   Purdue […]

While lots of us aviation types can be very analytical, for one couple, a bit less of a plan worked out well.

The universities will split $4.4 million to perform a range of specific research initatives.

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a small business innovation research contract to Blue Force Technologies to mature development of a high-performance unmanned aerial vehicle for use in fighter pilot training. The yearlong contract has a $9 million initial value with options to complete the design and build of up to four vehicles that […]

While we plan nearly every aspect of our airplane purchase, the colors it wears can be pure luck.

Company plans to use the $8.4 million facility to develop composite aerostructures of the future.

Defense officials have awarded 18 university-led research projects $25.5 million in contracts aimed at boosting hypersonic technology development, the Department of Defense announced this week. The contracts, which are set to be distributed over three years, were awarded by DOD through the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH) to research teams that also include 15 […]

When researching various aircraft types for Flying, I encounter a wide variety of owners with an even wider variety of stories. Most recently, I met with the owner of a taildragger who agreed to take me up for a demonstration flight to help me evaluate the type for an article I was writing. As he […]

A group of six volunteers is embarking on a 45-day journey to Mars’ moon Phobos on Friday, though they won’t be going far. The research subjects are taking part in a simulation of the journey to the largest of Mars’ pair of moons, all while living in a ground-based habitat based at NASA’s Johnson Space […]