Abstract: Guidance commands of flight vehicles can be regarded as a series of data sets having fixed time intervals, thus guidance design constitutes a typical sequential decision problem and ...

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft. The flight took place Jan. 29 at NASA ...

Flight cancellations mounted Sunday as the U.S. was hit with dangerous winter weather from a storm that moved across the country. The National Weather Service says the storm brought widespread heavy ...

Vertical Aerospace has unveiled the cabin design for its certification-standard VX4 eVTOL, days ahead of commencing transition flight testing of the prototype aircraft. It has shown off a four-seat ...

Final flight of SpaceX’s Starship V2 design Successful splashdowns and payload tests Paves way for next-gen Starship V3 missions ...

SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a near-perfect test flight that carried the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world from South ...

Spanish launch services startup PLD Space says it is completing critical design reviews of its Miura 5 launcher as it works toward a somewhat delayed first flight next year. “In the last three months ...

RoboFalcon 2.0 mimics bird wing motions Robot achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight Wing system couples flapping, sweeping, folding ...

So, you’ve bought your first ever international plane ticket, or maybe you’ve just been eyeing your dream vacation in the Google Flights search bar. First of all, congratulations! Traveling abroad is ...

Abstract: This article presents a design process of a propulsion motor intended for manned electric aircraft, with a focus on energy consumption throughout an entire flight profile. The study begins ...

At the season ending DeLand Showcase show, Flight Design was ably represented by John Hurst. We interviewed this longtime LSA veteran; watch for that as editing is ...