The stereotypical image of a test pilot is a Yeageresque individual in a flight suit with a test card strapped to one knee, fearless and steely-eyed. In reality, any of us ordinary blokes may be ...

GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, pushing new designs to their limits to ensure safety and performance.

Beechcraft B200 Super King Air serves NASA as a versatile research aircraft, supporting radar, ocean and atmospheric studies ...

PowerLight's wireless system could keep military drones flying indefinitely, or be adapted as a directed-energy system for ...

Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between ...

The U.S. Air Force is testing a Qatari 747-8i as an interim Air Force One due to delays in Boeing's VC-25B deliveries. While ...

The 40th Flight Test Squadron’s Detachment 1, which executed A-10 developmental test operations, was officially inactivated as result of the jet’s ongoing divestment. The U.S. Air Force has announced ...

Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero's Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft has completed its historic maiden flight. On December 16, 2025 at 12:26 pm PST, the autonomous passenger carrier lifted off from the Wisk ...

Piloted transition from hover to wingborne flight and back marks a critical step forward.

GE Aerospace’s 747 flight test plane visited Cincinnati for the first time on Monday, giving local employees an up-close look at how it works.

Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...