Germany has awarded Polaris Spaceplanes a contract to develop and flight test a two-stage reusable hypersonic test vehicle that could double up as a spaceplane. The concept, built under the Hypersonic ...

EVERETT, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab plans the first flight of a production 777X in April, a company document seen by Reuters shows, an important signal of progress for the ...

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...

An artist's impression of the Polaris Spaceplanes Hypersonic Test and Experimentation Vehicle (HYTEV) research vehicle. The first flight is anticipated before the end of 2027. (Polaris Spaceplanes) ...

Final prototype to expand flight test capacity and enable public demonstrations Initial all-electric testing ahead of hybrid-electric flights in 2026 Vertical progresses towards full piloted ...

Abstract: The flight test of modern civil aircraft is an extremely complex system engineering task, facing numerous technical challenges, including strong exploratory requirements, high integration ...

The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making ...

Autonomous air taxi developer Wisk Aero has handed a full-scale “Gen 6” prototype to its flight-test and operations team. The Mountain View-based start-up revealed the completed aircraft in 8 December ...

Wisk Aero, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, has finished assembling its sixth-generation air taxi and is set to move into the flight-test stage in preparation for the aircraft’s inaugural flight.

The X-65 aircraft, which Aurora Flight Sciences is building for DARPA as part of the CRANE program, will use short air bursts to steer instead of traditional flaps and rudders. But rising costs, ...