Auto-GCAS automatically rolls an F-16 level and pulls away from the ground when the pilot is unconscious or disoriented, saving lives and aircraft.
VectorHow Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier over the US - and why the Symphony engine will decide whether Overture ever flies.
VectorFIS-B beams free NEXRAD weather to your cockpit, but its built-in latency makes it a strategic tool that's dangerous to use for threading between storm cells.
VectorHow Joby's S4 tilts six electric propellers from hover to cruise - and why that transition decides the air taxi race.
VectorRadio Hangar explores The Sierra Space Dream Chaser, Tenacity, and the Lifting-Body Spaceplane That Glides Home to a Runway Like an Airliner.
VectorHow ZeroAvia's hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain flew a 19-seat turboprop on water vapor - and the storage physics that decides its future.
VectorRadio Hangar explores ADS-B Spoofing, the Unauthenticated Broadcast, and Why the System That Sees Every Airplane Will Believe an Airplane That Isn't There.
VectorAirbus DragonFly is a flight-tested demonstrator that can divert, land, and taxi an airliner when the crew can't - here's how it works.
VectorGarmin Smart Glide turns an engine failure into a managed glide with one button - here's how it works and where its limits are.
VectorHow REGENT's electric Viceroy seaglider uses ground effect to fly a few feet over water, replacing coastal ferries at 180 mph.
VectorThe Lightspeed Delta Zulu builds a carbon monoxide sensor into your headset, adding real safety to any cockpit you fly.
VectorNASA and Boeing's X-66 revives the strut-braced wing to cut narrow-body airliner fuel burn by up to 30 percent.
VectorHow the Stratolaunch Roc, the widest airplane ever built, became a reusable runway in the sky for hypersonic test flights.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 satellites put ADS-B receivers in orbit and finally closed air traffic control's oldest blind spot: the open ocean.
VectorSierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane, first vehicle Tenacity, aims to land from orbit on a runway like an airliner.
VectorElectra's hybrid-electric EL9 uses blown lift and eight electric motors to take off and land in as little as 150 feet.
VectorJetZero's blended wing body promises up to 50% less fuel burn, but certification - not aerodynamics - is the real hurdle before it carries passengers.
VectorJoby's S4 eVTOL is a real, flying aircraft - but battery physics, FAA certification, and pilot economics will decide if air taxis survive the real world.
VectorWhy airplane Wi-Fi was bad for 20 years and how Starlink's low-Earth-orbit satellites and phased-array antennas finally fixed it.
VectorRadio Hangar explores V NAV, the Autopilot Mode That Flies the Descent, and Why Coming Down Is the Hardest Thing in the Cockpit to Automate.
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