Aerodynamic modelling and flight testing remain at the forefront of aircraft design and verification, providing the essential linkage between computational simulations and real-world performance.

The US Navy (USN) has completed its first test flight using an uncrewed aircraft control station that will be installed on the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers. In a demonstration event on 7 ...

US airframer Boeing is continuing to develop its MQ-25 Stingray autonomous refuelling jet, testing software that will allow pilots in other aircraft to control the uncrewed tanker. Boeing on 1 May ...

The YFQ-44A CCA switched between Shield AI's Hivemind and Anduril's Lattice AIs during the same flight, completing tasks with both. Anduril Industries' YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ...

Oct. 4—Joby Aviation says it has started flight testing its eVTOL aircraft with pilots on board the craft, a milestone step from remote ground control testing the company had previously pursued. Santa ...

MARINA — Joby Aviation, on its way to commercial flight of its all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi, is preparing for final assembly of the first of several conforming aircraft ...

Vertical’s VX4 prototype begins untethered, piloted thrustborne testing following expansion of Permit to Fly from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Phase 2 of testing includes vertical take-off and ...

In November, Beta Technologies (South Burlington, Vt., U.S.) announced completion of its first Alia conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft flight, which was also the first electric aircraft ...

How NASA used the F-104 Starfighter's razor-thin wing to explore supersonic handling, shuttle approaches, and X-15 support.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is poised to launch its futuristic X-65 aircraft in 2025, ushering in a new era of flight control technology. Spearheaded by DARPA's Control of ...

Anduril has announced that its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft has flown with two different mission autonomy software suites from separate vendors during a single sortie.