FAA Clears Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 for Testing, Not Type Certification
Bye Aerospace has received a Federal Aviation Administration Special Airworthiness Certificate for its two-seat eFlyer 2, allowing the U.S.-developed electric…
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Navy Advances Printed Drone Structures, but Load-Bearing Power Paths Remain Unproven
A conductor embedded inside a composite laminate must do more than carry current. It must remain electrically isolated while the…
Schneider Charge Integrates Load Control to Avoid Some Costly Panel Upgrades
Schneider Electric’s new home EV charger does not assume its full output is always available. Instead, included current transformers measure…
Agentic AI Inspection Needs Human Sign-Off and Auditable Factory Controls
AI vision can identify a suspected manufacturing defect in milliseconds. The harder question is whether the system should be allowed…
Regent’s 30-Second Viceroy Flight Starts Final Tests for 2027 Production
Regent Craft has flown its full-size Viceroy seaglider with two crew members aboard, moving the Rhode Island startup from hydrofoil…
Portal Sets 2028 Supernova Launch as Starburst Nears Validation Flight
Portal Space Systems has set a 2028 Falcon 9 launch for its first Supernova spacecraft, but the company’s development sequence…
Rivian Targets Limited Autonomy+ Rollout in 2026, Still Driver-Supervised
Rivian’s next driving system is intended to handle an entire mapped route, but responsibility will remain with the person behind…
ATEC Seeks Earlier FAA Mechanic Testing Without Reducing Certification Requirements
The central tension in a new aviation-maintenance proposal is timing versus competency. The Aviation Technician Education Council wants certain students…
Yazaki Bamboo Composite Targets 50% Lower Carbon, but Durability Work Remains
Yazaki’s bamboo-filled polypropylene has cleared a stated automotive flammability requirement, but the more difficult qualification issue remains open: reliable performance…
FANUC Integrates AI, Force Control and Digital Twins for IMTS
A manufacturing robot can only act on an AI-generated instruction after that instruction passes through several engineering layers: interpretation, program…
Elroy Air’s Uncrewed Cargo Flights Put Autonomy Under Air Traffic Control
Elroy Air has completed a week of uncrewed Chaparral cargo demonstrations in Houma, Louisiana, placing an autonomous hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff aircraft…
ChargePoint Express Separates Power Stages to Simplify Repairs in Compact Sites
Most direct-current fast chargers must perform two distinct electrical jobs: rectify incoming alternating-current power into direct current, then regulate that…
Goodyear’s Three Airships Require Round-the-Clock Watch and Specialized Maintenance
A familiar piston engine becomes a very different maintenance proposition when it sits about 30 feet above the ground on…
Northwood Opens 185,000-Square-Foot Factory With Two Dedicated Antenna Lines
Northwood Space has opened a 185,000-square-foot headquarters and factory in Torrance, California, designed to move its satellite ground-terminal business from…
51 Open Potomac Safety Recommendations Leave Technology and Training Work Unfinished
Fifty-one of 52 National Transportation Safety Board recommendations issued after the January 2025 Potomac River midair collision remain open. That…
Boeing 737 Flight Tests End, but Only Smaller Model Wins Approval
Finishing a certification flight-test campaign does not certify an airplane. Boeing crossed that testing threshold for the smallest and largest…
Range Rover Electric Claims 22-Minute Charging and Traction Control 100 Times Quicker
The Range Rover Electric’s traction system starts with a control advantage inherent to electric propulsion: its computers can alter motor…
Elroy Air Demonstrates Chaparral Cargo Handling Without Runways or Endpoint Crews
The defining mechanism in Elroy Air’s Chaparral is not simply autonomous flight. It is the aircraft’s ability to collect, secure,…