Small plane in "experimental flight test" makes emergency landing in Wisconsin
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane made an emergency landing on Thursday afternoon on a ...
Northrop Grumman’s Program Strategy Driving B-21 Raider Forward in Flight Test, Production
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider program is making great progress as the team executes a robust flight test campaign and scales ...
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Air Force Signs Multiyear Deal With Reliable Robotics to Explore Aircraft Automation
Reliable Robotics, a developer of automation systems for remotely piloted flight, will modify Air Force refueling and airlift ...
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This Is the Sleekest Experimental Aircraft You've Seen All Month
American defense contractor Scaled Composites flew for the first time a new type of experimental aircraft called Model 437 ...
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Scaled Composites’ Multirole Model 437 Enters Flight Testing
The latest in a long line of experimental Scaled Composites-built aircraft, the single-engine, V-tail Model 437 prototype, is set for further envelope expansion tests after making its first flight ...
B-21 Ground Test Airframes Join Flying Pre-Production Raider
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have expanded testing of the B-21 thanks to two ground test articles, which are being ...
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C919 begins high-altitude test flights in Lhasa
The C919 jet, operated by its developer Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, or COMAC, departed from Chengdu Shuangliu ...
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Vertical Completes First Phase of Testing With New Air Taxi Prototype
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturer Vertical Aerospace seeks to certify its flagship design ...
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Test B-21 flying up to twice a week, Northrop reports
The Air Force plans to buy at least 100 B-21s to replace its B-1 and B-2 bombers. Once the Raider enters service, it will ...
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Three B-21s Participating In Test Program, Northrop Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force now has three Northrop Grumman B-21 bombers in test—one flying and two focused on ground testing—as the program is targeting a rate of two flights per week ...
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Model 437 Vanguard Loyal Wingman military aircraft makes maiden flight
Scaled Composites' Model 437 Vanguard Loyal ... fuselage and empennage fabrication, aircraft assembly, systems integration, and ground and flight test execution. Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman ...
‘Son of Concorde’ jet that could fly from London to NYC in 3.5hrs completes key milestone ahead of supersonic flight
A PLANE that could fly people from London to New York City in as little as 3.5hours has hit another big milestone in its ...